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. 2010 Apr-Jun;13(2):76–79. doi: 10.4103/0972-0707.66715

Table 2.

Mean changes in values L*a*b* and total Color change dE* of all groups, after immersing group II, III and IV in tea solution at the end of 24 hour after bleaching

Groups dL* da* db* dE*
I Mean - 0.08 0.098 0.04 0.19
SD (± 1.67) (±0.59) (±1.17)
P-value P > 0.05 P > 0.05 P > 0.05
NS NS NS
II Mean -1.30 0.404 2.57 4.64
SD (± 4.27) (± 0.63) (± 2.62)
P-value P < 0.05 P > 0.05 P > 0.05
S NS NS
III Mean -3.48 0.312 0.61 3.50
SD (± 1.61) (± 0.61) (± 1.93)
P-value P < 0.05 P > 0.05 P > 0.05
S NS NS
IV Mean -2.2 0.466 0.58 3.16
SD (± 0.61) (± 0.42) (± 2.63)
P-value P > 0.05 P > 0.05 P > 0.05
NS NS NS

SD = Standard deviation, NS = Statistically non significant, S = Statistically significant