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. 2012 Sep-Oct;20(5):576–580. doi: 10.1590/S1678-77572012000500014

Table 2.

Means (standard deviations) of Vickers hardness number (VHN) of the lower surface of composite resin specimens light cured with light curing units covered with layers of an infection control barrier

LCU Control 1 Layer 2 Layers 4 Layers 8 Layers
FL2 25.2 (0.6)Aa 24.7 (0.9)ABa 23.8 (1.1)BCa 23.4 (0.9)Ca 21.4 (1.2)Ca
O360 16.1 (0.9)Ab 15.3 (0.7)ABb 14.4 (0.9)BCb 13.5 (0.9)CDb 13.2 (0.7)Db

Values having the same capital letters in the rows and the same small letters in the columns are not statistically significant (p>0.05). LCU= light curing unit; FL2= Elipar FreeLight 2; O360= Optilux 360