Research Article

Impact of Nanoparticles Additions on the Strength of Dental Composite Resin

Table 5

Descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, and pairwise comparisons for FS and surface properties of different subgroups.

GroupFlexural strength (MPa)Hardness (VHN)ΔRa (μm)
Mean ± SD

N073.2 ± 8.5D63 ± 1.8C0.0028 ± 0.0004C
Z3111.8 ± 8.5B67.8 ± 1.9B0.0019 ± 0.0002A
Z7128.5 ± 8.9A70.0 ± 2A0.0022 ± 0.0005AB
T391.0 ± 2.9C65.7 ± 1.6B0.0018 ± 0.0003A
T780.7 ± 5.8D66.3 ± 1.9B0.0027 ± 0.0002C
S395.2 ± 2.8C66.1 ± 1.3B0.0020 ± 0.0003AB
S782.6 ± 3.3D68.1 ± 0.9B0.0026 ± 0.0004C
P-value<0.001<0.001<0.001
Effect size0.8170.6360.705

: Significant at , different superscripts vertically indicate statistically significant difference between groups.