Table 3. The primary and final setting times of MTA and CEM cements .

	Group	Primary setting time (minutes)	Final setting time (minutes)
1	MTA	11.16±0.66	20.1±0.7
2	MTA + 5% CaCl 2	12.81±1	14.93±1
3	MTA + 5% NaF	25.06±1	37.53±0.5
4	MTA + 5% CaO	11.55±1	14.08±0.7
5	MTA + 5% Ca( NO 3 ) 2	14.33±1	27.13±0.6
6	CEM	27±0.38	36.38±2.68
7	CEM + 5% CaCl 2	20.3±0.28	33.23±0.98
8	CEM + 5% NaF	23.11±0.56	51.03±0.94
9	CEM + 5% CaO	33.62±0.58	40.21±0.94
10	CEM + 5% Ca( NO 3 ) 2	11.05±0.98	32.28±0.93