Research Article
Effect of Artificial Aging Protocols on Surface Gloss of Resin Composites
Table 2
Percentage of surface gloss reduction after each reading (R1 to R3) in relation to R0.
| Aging | Resin composite | R1 | R2 | R3 |
| Thermal | MiFI | 13.83% | 14.79% | 17.50% | NaHy | 0.06% | 3.37% | 3.51% | NaFi | 0.23% | 5.28% | 8.79% |
| Chemical | MiFI | 43.61% | 44.40% | 41.77% | NaHy | 20.44% | 32.73% | 29.97% | NaFi | 12.17% | 9.67% | 8.59% |
| Mechanical | MiFI | 15.73% | 20.55% | 30.34% | NaHy | 10.04% | 12.29% | 13.34% | NaFi | 4.78% | 6.37% | 12.45% |
| Light | MiFI | 4.97% | 28.04% | 44.39% | NaHy | 5.25% | 2.21% | 9.95% | NaFi | 3.75% | 27.97% | 35.46% |
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