Table 4: Load relaxation comparison between manufacturers.
| ELASTIC TYPE | LOAD AT 1 HOUR | LOAD AT 6 HOUR | LOAD AT 12 HOUR | LOAD AT 24 HOUR | LOAD AT 48 HOUR | ||||||
| Mean diff | sig. | Mean diff | sig. | Mean diff | sig. | Mean diff | sig. | Mean diff | sig. | ||
| LATEX LIGHT | Forestadent vs Glenroe | 6.62 | 0.000 | 5.97 | 0.000 | 5.77 | 0.000 | 5.04 | 0.000 | 5.78 | 0.000 |
| Forestadent vs GAC | 8.99 | 0.000 | 7.01 | 0.000 | 6.87 | 0.000 | 5.6 | 0.000 | 7.21 | 0.000 | |
| Glenroe vs GAC | 2.36 | 0.003 | 1.03 | 0.284 | 1.1 | 0.341 | 0.55 | 0.595 | 1.42 | 0.031 | |
| LATEX MEDIUM | Forestadent vs Glenroe | 15.97 | 0.000 | 15.6 | 0.000 | 15.97 | 0.000 | 14.85 | 0.000 | 13.26 | 0.000 |
| Forestadent vs GAC | 26.17 | 0.000 | 26.6 | 0.000 | 26.43 | 0.000 | 25.49 | 0.000 | 24.16 | 0.000 | |
| Glenroe vs GAC | 10.2 | 0.000 | 10.99 | 0.000 | 10.46 | 0.000 | 10.63 | 0.000 | 10.9 | 0.000 | |
| LATEX HEAVY | Forestadent Vs Glenroe | 68.02 | 0.000 | 65.61 | 0.000 | 60.56 | 0.000 | 54.7 | 0.000 | 54.77 | 0.000 |
| Forestadent vs GAC | 66.38 | 0.000 | 63.18 | 0.000 | 58.83 | 0.000 | 55.69 | 0.000 | 53.62 | 0.000 | |
| Glenroe vs GAC | -1.64 | 0.185 | -2.43 | 0.003 | -1.73 | 0.131 | 0.986 | 0.431 | -1.15 | 0.139 | |
| NON LATEX LIGHT | Forestadent vs Glenroe | 11.78 | 0.000 | 12.02 | 0.000 | 10.56 | 0.000 | 9.7 | 0.000 | 10.43 | 0.000 |
| Forestadent vs GAC | 16.18 | 0.000 | 15.03 | 0.000 | 13.63 | 0.000 | 12.95 | 0.000 | 13.02 | 0.000 | |
| Glenroe vs GAC | 4.4 | 0.000 | 3 | 0.002 | 3.07 | 0.000 | 3.25 | 0.000 | 2.59 | 0.000 | |
| NON LATEX MEDIUM | Forestadent vs Glenroe | 24.78 | 0.000 | 23.32 | 0.000 | 22.07 | 0.000 | 22.34 | 0.000 | 22.32 | 0.000 |
| Forestadent vs GAC | 26.27 | 0.000 | 27.06 | 0.000 | 27 | 0.000 | 26.59 | 0.000 | 24.22 | 0.000 | |
| Glenroe vs GAC | 1.49 | 0.140 | 3.73 | 0.000 | 4.93 | 0.000 | 4.25 | 0.000 | 1.89 | 0.014 | |
| NON LATEX HEAVY | Forestadent vs Glenroe | 83.96 | 0.000 | 79.47 | 0.000 | 79.66 | 0.000 | 78.42 | 0.000 | 75.03 | 0.000 |
| Forestadent vs GAC | 84.32 | 0.000 | 80.27 | 0.000 | 80.56 | 0.000 | 78.55 | 0.000 | 73.23 | 0.000 | |
| Glenroe vs GAC | 0.355 | 0.921 | 0.8 | 0.742 | 0.89 | 0.405 | 0.128 | 0.985 | -1.79 | 0.042 | |
P<0.05 = significant
Table shows that force degradation is less in Forestadent when compared to Glenroe and GAC. When compared between Glenroe and GAC, force degradation is less in Glenroe except in latex heavy elastics where GAC had less force degradation than Glenroe. Tukey-HSD test was used to find the significance level.