Research Article

Fracture Strength and Marginal Adaptation of Conservative and Extended MOD Cavities Restored with Cention N

Table 2

Mean ± SD of marginal adaptation (%) of experimental groups.

Type of restorationSize of restoration value
ConservativeExtended

Cention93.01 ± 4.54a, A95.15 ± 5.40a, A0.440
Bonded Cention96.38 ± 4.60a, A90.95 ± 7.28a, A0.120
Composite92.52 ± 4.06a, A81.45 ± 7.54b, B≤0.001
value0.230≤0.001

Different lower case letters show significant difference in each preparation size (in a column). Different upper case letters show significant difference in each type of restoration (in a row).