Research Article

Effect of Veneering and Hydrothermal Aging on the Translucency of Newly Introduced Extra Translucent and High Translucent Zirconia with Different Thicknesses

Table 2

Mean TP values and standard deviations of veneered (XTV, HTV) and nonveneered (XT, HT) specimens.

ThicknessAgingXTVXTHTVHT

0.5Before25.84 (0.66)A,a19.43 (0.50)B,a
After21.45 (0.69)α,b16.06 (0.45)β,b

; 1Before21.98 (1.01)C,c21.72 (0.40)C,c17.43 (0.82)D,c14.95 (0.33)E,c
After19.02 (1.16)γ,d18.36 (0.80)γ,d15.46 (0.93)δ,d12.35 (0.41)ε,d

; 1.5Before17.24 (0.87)F,e16.82 (0.46)F,e14.36 (0.66)G,e10.65 (0.51)H,e
After15.04 (1.03)ζ,f14.24 (0.49)ζ,f12.89 (0.60)η,f8.64 (0.36)θ,f

; 2Before12.34 (1.10)I,g11.63 (0.51)I,g9.54 (0.93)J,g6.67 (0.24)K,g
After10.51 (1.22)ι,h9.61 (0.48)κ,h8.38 (0.60)λ,h5.04 (0.34)μ,h

Same superscript uppercase letters and symbols indicate no statistically significant difference within each row. Same superscript lowercase letters indicate no statistically significant difference within each column ().