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Published in final edited form as: J Dent. 2012 Oct 16;41(1):71–79. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2012.10.006

Table 2.

Degree of conversion (DC) and polymerization rate (PR) of adhesives with different initiator systems and various amount of PA (n=3).

	Degree of Conversion (DC, %)
	0-PA (0/60/40)^*	2.5-PA (1.5/60/38.5)	5-PA (3/60/37)	10-PA (6/60/34)
CQ/A	64.07 ± 0.64^a,A	62.16 ± 0.30^a,b,A	60.9 ± 0.50^b,A	56.94 ± 1.59^c,A
CQ/A/I-1	69.53 ± 0.35^a,B	66.00 ± 0.66^b,B	63.53 ± 0.43^c,B	59.45 ± 0.52^d,A,B
CQ/A/I-2	68.44 ± 1.06^a,B	69.00 ± 0.27^a,C	67.26 ± 0.35^a,C	61.49 ± 0.84^b,B,C
TPO	77.57 ± 0.63^a,C	74.11 ± 0.34^b,D	71.28 ± 0.19^c,D	63.98 ± 0.72^d,C

	Polymerization Rate (PR, %/s)
	0-PA (0/60/40)	2.5-PA (1.5/60/38.5)	5-PA (3/60/37)	10-PA (6/60/34)
CQ/A	4.92 ± 0.08^a,A	5.19 ± 0.25^a,A	6.49 ± 0.23^b,A	4.98 ± 0.45^a,A
CQ/A/I-1	16.76 ± 0.21^a,B	9.96 ± 0.51^b,B	9.12 ± 0.42^b,c,A	7.86 ± 0.73^c,B
CQ/A/I-2	17.45 ± 0.86^a,B	13.19 ± 0.57^b,C	15.03 ± 2.23^a,b,B	12.35 ± 0.33^b,C
TPO	24.43 ± 1.34^a,C	20.29 ± 1.66^a,b,D	19.64 ± 1.58^b,c,C	15.92 ± 1.82^c,D

^*

Ratio in parenthesis indicates the PA/resin/ethanol weight ratio of each formulation.

^**

Values with same lower case letters are statistically equivalent within the same initiator formulation.

^***

Values with same capital letters are statistically equivalent within the same PA concentration.