Research Article

Effect of Different Surface Modifications of Acrylic Teeth and Thermocycling on Shear Bond Strength to Polycarbonate Denture Base Material

Table 3

Descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, and LSD values of the shear bond strength test before and after thermocycling.

Surface treatmentBefore thermocyclingANOVA F-test valueAfter thermocyclingCompared groups values
MeanSDMeanSD

No treatment (A)162.54.40343302.158≤0.01
HS
159.53.240A2A10.061
Mechanical (B)315.93.725314.53.240B2B10.377
Chemical
 Ethyl acetate (C)266.43.5022644.197C2C10.132
 A bonding agent (D)279.52.953276.54.197D2D10.063

No significant difference (). Significant difference (). Highly significant difference ().