Research Article

In Vitro Effect of Mouthrinses on the Microhardness of Three Different Nanohybrid Composite Resins

Table 4

Comparison of microhardness according to mouthrinse × composite resin, mouthrinse × time, and composite resin × time interaction.

VariablesArtificial salivaCHX 0.12%CPC 0.075%CHX 0.12%–CPC 0.05%

Filtek Z350XT72.68 ± 9.35Aab70.85 ± 8.06Abc66.59 ± 9.24Ac77.17 ± 3.27Ba
Tetric EvoCeram40.93 ± 4.36Ba40.45 ± 3.66Ba40.61 ± 2.78Ba41.40 ± 2.55Ca
Polofil NHT71.80 ± 7.95Ab72.82 ± 10.38Ab71.97 ± 10.93Ab85.42 ± 5.43Aa
Artificial salivaCHX 0.12%CPC 0.075%CHX 0.12%-CPC 0.05%
Baseline microhardness69.05 ± 17.35Aa69.37 ± 19.22Aa67.37 ± 18.36Aa69.69 ± 19.57Aa
Microhardness 14 days60.52 ± 15.19Bb59.98 ± 14.80Bb59.10 ± 14.54Bb68.12 ± 20.41ABa
Microhardness 21 days55.83 ± 14.89Cb54.76 ± 12.86Cb52.72 ± 11.60Cb66.19 ± 19.33Ba
Filtek Z350XTTetric EvoCeramPolofil NHT
Baseline microhardness78.42 ± 5.22Ab43.92 ± 2.43Ac84.26 ± 5.33Aa
Microhardness 14 days71.47 ± 6.51Ba40.41 ± 2.31Bb73.92 ± 8.82Ba
Microhardness 21 days65.58 ± 8.65Ca38.21 ± 2.61Cb68.33 ± 9.95Ca

Note: Different capital letters indicate significant differences by columns. Different lower-case letters indicate significant differences by rows. Repeated measures ANOVA with post hoc Tukey analysis.