. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Dent Mater. 2015 Jan 19;31(3):205–216. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2014.12.007

Table 5.

Percent distribution of total water in dentin matrix

Fractional water	Vacuum oven	Drierite
1^st plateau	3.21 ± 0.60%^a	6.03 ± 0.59%^B
2^nd plateau	7.97 ± 0.74% ^b	3.71 ± 0.33%^A
3^rd plateau	13.72 ± 1.25%^c	11.22 ± 1.29%^C
Total bound water	24.90 ± 1.69%^d	20.96 ± 2.16%^D
Total unbound water	75.10 ± 1.69%^e	79.04 ± 2.16%^E
Total water	100%	100%

Values are mean ± SD (n=10). Groups identified by different lowercase letters in columns are significantly different (p<0.05). Groups identified by different uppercase letters in rows are significantly different (p<0.05). Statistical comparisons were done with a two-way ANOVA (drying method vs. time plateaus) using Holm-Sidek test for multiple comparisons at α = 0.05.