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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Prosthodont. 2015 Nov 30;26(5):410–418. doi: 10.1111/jopr.12396

Table 1.

Gloss (Gloss Unit) [mean ± SD] for each polishing system, step, and speed

Bur roughen (15 s) Medium polish (30 s) Medium polish (60 s) Fine polish (30 s)
Dialite ZR 5000 RPM 9.4 ± 1.3 26.7 ± 10.0 32.6 ± 11.8 71.1 ± 25.9
Dialite ZR 15,000 RPM 9.0 ± 0.6 61.3 ± 19.3 96.3 ± 15.6 134.3 ± 20.6
Dialite ZR 40,000 RPM 8.3 ± 0.8 64.8 ± 11.0 87.9 ± 10.1 136.9 ± 17.5
CeraMaster 5000 RPM 9.0 ± 0.5 20.3 ± 3.6 25.9 ± 6.5 73.1 ± 20.4
CeraMaster 15,000 RPM 8.8 ± 0.8 24.2 ± 3.0 30.0 ± 6.2 140.3 ± 21.3
CeraMaster 40, 000 RPM 8.9 ± 0.5 23.7 ± 1.6 31.5 ± 4.1 98.9 ± 11.1