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Applied Adhesion Science

Table 2 Average (standard deviation) according to the experimental groups (n = 15)

From: The effect of green tea on the shear strength of brackets after home whitening treatment

Treatments

Sodium ascorbate

Green tea

Without whitening

18.07 ± 4.10Aa❖

18.26 ± 4.68Aa❖

With whitening

14.85 ± 2.49Ab❖

14.80 ± 5.43Ab❖

Without whitening

17.61 ± 4.12❖

Only whitened

9.81 ± 3.61§

  1. Averages followed by different capital letters differed statistically in Tukey’s test (p < 0.05) comparing the antioxidants
  2. Averages followed by different lowercase letters differed statistically in Tukey’s test (p < 0.05) for each antioxidant
  3. §Statistically different from the positive control group in Dunnett’s test (p < 0.05)
  4. ❖Statistically different from the negative control group in Dunnett’s test (p < 0.05)
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