Table 1.

Mean (SD) of studied variable in the groups considering the mixing techniques (^a. shrinkage)

Physical properties	Material	Conventional	Ultrasonic	Amalgamator
Film thickness (mm)	CEM	1.3 (0.05)	1 (0.02)	0.8 (0.03)
	MTA	1.3 (0.05)	1.1 (0.03)	1.1 (0.01)
Dimensional changes (mm)	CEM	-0.34 (0.03)	0.1 (0.13)	-0.28 (0.05 a)
	MTA	0.3 (0.09)	0.4 (0.09)	0.35 (0.01)
Working time (h)	CEM	5:38:58 (0:2:8)	12:8:53 (0:37:3)	5:56:34 (0:17:13)
	MTA	6:8:23 (0:2:54)	5:36:54 (2:41:54)	5:58:48 (0:19:5)
Setting time (h)	CEM	0:52:50 (0:0:36)	0:36:45 (0:0:31)	0:0:30 (0:0:50)
	MTA	0:35:40 (0:0:36)	0:27:45 (0:0:54)	0:23:40 (0:0:28)