Effect of Thermocycling, Teeth, and Polymerization Methods on Bond Strength Teeth-Denture Base

Table 2

Mean values (±SD) of shear bond strength (MPa) of the artificial teeth and polymerization methods with or without thermocycling.

Teeth	Without thermocycling		With thermocycling
	Conventional	Microwave	Conventional	Microwave
Premium	4.12 (1.08) A,b	6.68 (1.17) A,a	3.90 (0.76) A,b	7.24 (1.80) A,a
Trilux	2.74 (0.63) B,b	5.61 (0.79) A,a	1.78 (0.40) B,b	4.46 (1.44) B,a
Soluut	4.00 (1.12) A,b	6.00 (1.13) A,a	3.82 (0.77) A,b	5.62 (0.47) AB,a
Biotone	4.45 (1.16) A,a	5.78 (0.84) A,a	4.11 (1.14) A,a	5.65 (132) AB,a
Pool mean	4.92 (1.59)		4.57 (1,89)

Different letters indicate statistically significant difference (): capital letters for comparison between artificial teeth (columns) and small letters for comparison between polymerization methods within each storage method (in rows). Comparison between storage times.