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

Table 5

DC for the two different polymerization cycles.

Cycle	Pressure	Post-pressing time
		0 h	6 h	12 h
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± DP	Mean ± DP
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)
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: without polymerization		p = 0.187	p = 0.015	p = 0.830
value: with polymerization		p = 0.002	p = 0.985	p < 0.001

Significant difference; p = probability of significance.