Research Article

Improvement of Pit-and-Fissure Sealant Bonding to Enamel with Subpressure Treatment

Table 1

Proportion (%) of different failure types of samples in each group after SBS test.

ā€‰Type of failure
GroupIFCECSMSig.

-10-90a f
--2080a b h
10--90i
-10-90b j
---100c d f
--1090c e g h
1010-80d f i
--2080e g j

Abbreviations: IF, interface failure; CE, cohesive failure in the enamel; CS, cohesive failure in the sealant; M, mixed failure. Identical letters indicate their difference is significant (p<0.05).