Table 4.

Temperature measured in the centre of specimens at the adhesive layer in 5 °C water bath at different dwell times (n = 25).

	Specimen designation
	e	f	g
Specimen size	10 mm Ø×10 mm composite cylinder on tooth	10 mm Ø×10 mm composite cylinder on tooth, mounted in resin	2.38 mm Ø×4 mm composite cylinder on tooth, mounted in resin
Dwell time (s)
20	17.6 ± 0.35 °C	22.4 ± 1.40 °C	7.6 ± 0.13 °C
30	13.0 ± 0.15 °C	18.5 ± 0.19 °C	7.0 ± 0.08 °C
40	8.7 ± 0.31 °C	16.0 ± 0.56 °C	6.2 ± 0.15 °C
50	7.4 ± 0.27 °C	14.3 ± 0.25 °C	6.1 ± 0.19 °C
60	6.3 ± 0.09 °C	12.9 ± 0.17 °C	6.0 ± 0.14 °C