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. 2020 Jun 22;10:10016. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66733-z

Table 3.

Initial, final and variation of Mean Roughness (%) after bleaching procedures (Mean ± SD).

Group Mean Roughness (Ra)
Initial* Final* Δ Ra (%)
Carbamide peroxide

A 0.50 ± 0.06a

(95% CI 0.463 to 0.537)

B 1.17 ± 0.09a

(95% CI 1.11 to 1.23)

131.69 ± 11.3c
Bromelain

A 0.51 ± 0.16a

(95% CI 0.411 to 0.609)

B 0.88 ± 0.22b

(95% CI 0.744 to 1.02)

96.86 ± 9.8bc
Ficin

A 0.47 ± 0.08a

(95% CI 0.42 to 0.52)

B 0.80 ± 0.08b

(95% CI 0.75 to 0.85)

71.39 ± 14.9bc
Papain

A 0.44 ± 0.02a

(95% CI 0.428 to 0.452)

B 0.52 ± 0.04c

(95% CI 0.495 to 0.545)

17.21 ± 4.8ab
Negative control

A 0.53 ± 0.14a

(95% CI 0.443 to 0.617)

A 0.60 ± 0.07c

(95% CI 0.557 to 0.643)

2.55 ± 1.6a

*Data analyzed through a Two-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA test. Different uppercase letters indicate statistically significant differences in the same row (p < 0.05). Different lowercase letters indicate statistically significant differences in the same column (p < 0.05). Data analyzed through a One-Way ANOVA test. Different lowercase letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05).