Table 2. Post hoc Bonferroni pair-wise comparison of shear bond strength in the sandblast and laser groups .
Group | Comparison of different times of rebonding |
Mean difference
± Std. error |
P-value |
Sandblast | pre vs. first | 6.86 ± 3.40 | 0.37 |
pre vs. second | 6.11 ± 2.43 | 0.14 | |
pre vs. third | 1.70 ± 2.39 | 1.00 | |
first vs. second | −.75 ± 3.27 | 1.00 | |
first vs. third | −5.16 ± 3.04 | 0.66 | |
second vs. third | -4.41 ± 1.64 | 0.10 | |
Laser | pre vs. first | 10.56 ± 3.36 | 0.04* |
pre vs. second | 12.65 ± 3.09 | 0.007* | |
pre vs. third | 12.65 ± 3.12 | 0.007* | |
first vs. second | 2.09 ± 2.59 | 1.00 | |
first vs. third | 2.09 ± 2.09 | 1.00 | |
second vs. third | 001 ± 1.37 | 1.00 |
Statistically significant (P < 0.05)