Table 5.

Temperature measured in the centre of specimens at the adhesive layer in 55 °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	42.2 ± 0.45 °C	37.8 ± 1.00 °C	53.2 ± 0.15 °C
30	46.9 ± 0.20 °C	41.6 ± 0.17 °C	53.9 ± 0.14 °C
40	50.2 ± 0.16 °C	43.7 ± 0.66 °C	54.2 ± 0.28 °C
50	52.4 ± 0.30 °C	45.8 ± 0.19 °C	54.4 ± 0.20 °C
60	53.8 ± 0.22 °C	46.9 ± 0.12 °C	54.7 ± 0.15 °C