Research Article

Effect of Anatomical Customization of the Fiber Post on the Bond Strength of a Self-Adhesive Resin Cement

Table 2

Mean and standard deviation of bond strength (MPa) in the different root thirds, between the groups.

Group
ThirdsControlCustomized

Cervical7.78 ± 4.33 (A. a)13.59 ± 2.07 (B. a)
Middle11.35 ± 5.78 (A. b)17.97 ± 6.17 (B, ab)
Apical7.19 ± 3.08 (A. a)19.32 ± 3.20 (B, b)

Total8.77 ± 4.8916.96 ± 4.85

Uppercase letters indicate statistically significant difference between types of post. Lowercase letters indicate statistically significant difference between the root thirds (two-way ANOVA, Tukey, < 0.05). The () symbol indicates a statistically significant difference between the types of post ().