Table 1. Means ± SD weights (g) of the adhesives left on specimen’s surface after their removal by the brush or the cleanser method.
Removal | Denture | Denture Adhesives | ||
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Method | Material | Corega | Olivafix | Fittydent |
Brush | Polyamide | 0.016±0.019a/a | 0.001±0.001a/a | 0.090±0.036b/a |
PMMA | 0.010±0.006a/a | 0.035±0.022a/b | 0.184±0.039b/b | |
Cleanser | Polyamide | 0.002±0.001a/a | 0.001±0.001a/a | 0.075±0.027b/a |
PMMA | 0.013±0.009a/a | 0.004±0.004a/a | 0.236±0.031b/b |
Note: Same letters before slash indicate not significant differences (p>0.05) among cells in the same raw and after slash among cells in the same column (n=10).