Influence of Finishing/Polishing Procedures on the Surface Texture of Two Resin Composites

Table 2: Effect of Finishing/Polishing Procedures on Surface Roughness (R_a) of Each Resin Composites (Mean and SD, µm)

Composite/Finishing/Polishing Group^{^*}	AP-X	Statistics^{^**}	ES
Control	0.08 (0.02)C	NS	0.06 (0.01) c
SF SF+CM	0.25 (0.01) A 0.39 (0.02) AB	NS S	0.58 (0.10) a 0.22 (0.01) b
SF+WP SF+WP+CM	0.47 (0.07) AB 0.42 (0.09) AB	NS NS	0.51 (0.06) a 0.43 (0.08) a
SF+SB SF+SB+CM	0.36 (0.02) B 0.41 (0.07) AB	NS S	0.51 (0.17) a 0.25 (0.04) b

^* SF: superfine diamond bur, CM: CompoMaster, WP: White Point CA, SB: Stainbuster.

^** Statistically analysis between AP-X and ES (p=0.05).

S: significantly different,NS: no statistically different.Values with the same letter are not significantly different in same composite (p< 0.05).