Research Article

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

Table 6

DC for each group.

CyclePressurePost-pressing time
0 h6 h12 h
Mean ± DP (CV%)Mean ± DP (CV%)Mean ± DP (CV%)

ShortWithout96.30 ± 1.61 (1.67) (AB)97.34 ± 1.19 (1.22) (AC)93.09 ± 4.36 (4.68) (AB)
With96.55 ± 0.49 (0.51) (ABC)95.95 ± 0.98 (1.02) (AB)93.74 ± 1.04 (1.11) (BE)

LongWithout97.39 ± 0.96 (0.99) (AC)95.43 ± 1.07 (1.12) (AB)92.66 ± 1.83 (1.97) (BD)
With94.68 ± 1.01 (1.07) (AE)95.93 ± 2.20 (2.29) (AB)96.16 ± 0.58 (0.60) (AB)

Letters represent statistical similarity (obs: consider only one letter, not necessarily the set of letters).