Relationship between Operator Skill and <i>In Vitro</i> Microleakage of Different Adhesive Systems in Class V Restorations

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              *Number of operators.<br/>
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Mean microleakage scores according to operator skill for all adhesives, without taking into account the operator’s level of knowledge of the adhesive system.

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Table 3: Relationship between Operator Skill and <i>In Vitro</i> Microleakage of Different Adhesive Systems in Class V Restorations 

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Relationship between Operator Skill and In Vitro Microleakage of Different Adhesive Systems in Class V Restorations

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