TABLE 2.
Mean shear bond strengths (MPa), standard deviations and One-way ANOVA for tested groups
| Group | Mean MPa | SD | P-value | 95% Confidence interval | Multiple comparison test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Bound | Upper Bound | Biodentine | Composite | RMGIC | Human dentine | |||||
| Mean shear bond | Biodentine | 21.86 | 3.18 | 0.001 | 20.558 | 23.154 | 1 | |||
| strengths (MPa) | Composite | 36.17 | 6.08 | 34.870 | 37.466 | <0.001* | 1 | |||
| RMGIC | 23.75 | 4.31 | 22.453 | 25.049 | 0.176 | <0.001* | 1 | |||
| Human dentine | 27.59 | 1.84 | 26.291 | 28.888 | <0.001* | <0.001* | <0.001* | 1 | ||
*
The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level. SD: Standard deviation