Table 1.

The mean shear bond strength in the study groups

Method	Shear Bond Strength	Ln(SBS)	P-value*	p-value**
Full Preparation	66.9200	4.1335	0.018	(prep)vs. (prep &finish): 0.655
Preparation and Finish	55.2300	3.9575		(prep)vs. (no prep): 0.112
No-Preparation	107.3800	4.5490		(no prep)vs. (prep &finish): 0.017

^* Significance level set at p< 0.05

One-way ANOVA

^**Tukey’s HSD test