Effect of Pressure, Post-Pressing Time, and Polymerization Cycle on the Degree of Conversion of Thermoactivated Acrylic Resin

Table 4

DC as a function of pressure.

Cycle	Pressure	Post-pressing time
		0 h	6 h	12 h
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Short	Without	96.30 ± 1.61 (1.67)	97.34 ± 1.19 (1.22)	93.09 ± 4.36 (4.68)
	With	96.55 ± 0.49 (0.51)	95.95 ± 0.98 (1.02)	93.74 ± 1.04 (1.11)
value		p = 0.736	p = 0.052	p = 0.729
Long	Without	97.39 ± 0.96 (0.99)	95.43 ± 1.07 (1.12)	92.66 ± 1.83 (1.97)
	With	94.68 ± 1.01 (1.07)	95.93 ± 2.20 (2.29)	96.16 ± 0.58 (0.60)
value		p = 0.001	p = 0.626	p = 0.001

Significant difference; p = probability of significance.