Research Article

Effects of Disinfection Methods on the Color Stability of Precolored and Hand-Colored Maxillofacial Silicone: An In Vitro Study

Table 1

Two-way ANOVA results for color change (∆E) of silicone after stimulated 1-year disinfectant usage.

SourceSum of squaresdfMean squaresF value

Disinfection methods17.1135.7034.27<0.001
Type of silicones2.4712.4814.86<0.001
Interaction (disinfection methods  type of silicones)1.1130.372.220.093
Error11.99720.17