Bending Properties of Fiber-Reinforced Composites Retainers Bonded with Spot-Composite Coverage

Table 2

Descriptive statistics () of load values of the 8 groups tested (each group consisted of 10 specimens).

Group	Code	Material	Shape	Bonding	Deflection	Mean	SD	Min	Mdn	Max	Post hoc
1	FW	Stainless steel	Flat wire	Spot bonded	0.1 mm	8.33	1.68	6.19	8.90	10.76	A
2	RW	Stainless steel	Round wire	Spot bonded	0.1 mm	4.24	1.16	3.23	3.84	6.66	A
3	FS	FRC	Fiber bundle	Spot bonded	0.1 mm	16.67	2.08	13.53	16.18	19.33	A
4	FF	FRC	Fiber bundle	Full bonded	0.1 mm	41.73	16.16	12.18	44.52	58.64	B, C, D
5	FW	Stainless steel	Flat wire	Spot bonded	max load	34.96	6.76	22.86	35.79	44.86	B
6	RW	Stainless steel	Round wire	Spot bonded	max load	35.62	10.26	21.22	38.19	50.74	B
7	FS	FRC	Fiber bundle	Spot bonded	max load	41.44	9.19	29.31	40.32	53.46	B, D
8	FF	FRC	Fiber bundle	Full bonded	max load	52.93	18.84	15.24	57.88	74.12	C, D

Mean with same letters is not significantly different.