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. 2024 Dec 31;37(3):270–282. doi: 10.54589/aol.37/3/270

Table 2. Mean (standard deviation) L* and WI D according to spatula type, time, and resin .

Parameter Resin composite Spatula Time
Immediate After polishing After 24-hour storage in water
Mean (standard deviation) Mean (standard deviation) Mean (standard deviation)
L* Suprananofilled Non-manipulated 91.07 (1.49) Ab 91.18 (1.30) Ab 91.07 (1.99) Ab
Almore Millennium 90.81 (2.53) Ab 90.89 (2.68) Ab 90.49 (2.86) Ab
#3 Almore 87.07 (2.30) Ac 87.46 (2.47) Ac 87.95 (2.48) Ac
LM-Arte Modella 86.30 (1.99) Ac 86.10 (1.95) Ac 86.39 (1.68) Ac
Plastic 93.60 (2.02) Aa 93.51 (2.03) Aa 93.94 (2.28) Aa
p-value   p(spatula)<0.0001; p(time)=0.3967; p(interaction)=0.3626
Nanohybrid Non-manipulated 86.00 (0.54) Aa 85.77 (0.68) Aa 85.69 (0.63) Aa
Almore Millennium 85.47 (2.23) Aa 86.07 (1.82) Aa 86.16 (2.06) Aa
#3 Almore 84.68 (1.01) Aa 84.77 (1.69) Aa 84.78 (1.10) Aa
LM-Arte Modella 85.36 (1.11) Aa 85.41 (1.32) Aa 85.46 (1.54) Aa
Plastic 85.67 (0.47) Aa 85.41 (0.68) Aa 85.46 (0.83) Aa
p-value   p(spatula)=0.1678; p(time)=0.7942; p(interaction)=0.5271
WI D Suprananofilled Non-manipulated 44.62 (0.84) Aa 44.02 (1.11) Ba 42.64 (0.86) Ca
Almore Millennium 39.19 (3.98) Abc 38.37 (3.95) Bbc 36.66 (4.19) Cc
#3 Almore 40.83 (1.39) Ab 40.59 (1.73) Ab 39.60 (1.31) Bb
LM-Arte Modella 37.23 (2.13) Ac 37.16 (1.95) Ac 36.35 (1.50) Ac
Plastic 44.17 (0.65) Aa 43.33 (0.73) Ba 41.97 (0.76) Ca
p-value   p(spatula)<0.0001; p(time)<0.0001; p(interaction)=0.1830
Nanohybrid Non-manipulated 34.24 (0.45) Aa 32.72 (1.01) Ba 31.36 (0.75) Ca
Almore Millennium 33.27 (1.05) Aa 32.64 (1.37) Ba 30.83 (1.41) Ca
#3 Almore 33.55 (0.62) Aa 32.44 (1.09) Ba 30.94 (0.88) Ca
LM-Arte Modella 34.04 (2.26) Aa 32.52 (1.52) Ba 30.78 (1.44) Ca
Plastic 33.45 (0.59) Aa 32.60 (0.82) Ba 31.28 (1.20) Ca
p-value   p(spatula)=0.4937; p(time)<0.0001; p(interaction)=0.6817

The same letters (uppercase horizontally and lowercase vertically, comparing the spatula types in each resin), indícate that there is no statistically significant difference within each variable (p > 0.05).