Research Article

In Vitro Effect of Acidic Solutions and Sodium Fluoride on Surface Roughness of Two Types of CAD-CAM Dental Ceramics

Table 3

Pairwise comparisons of different solutions regarding the changes in Ra after immersion using Tukey’s test.

Solution 1Solution 2Mean differenceStd. error value

Gastric acidSaliva0.0320.0870.99
Acetic acid0.0920.0870.83
Sodium fluoride + acetic acid0.2420.0870.05
Sodium fluoride + gastric acid0.260.0870.03

Acetic acidSaliva0.1240.0870.61
Sodium fluoride + gastric acid0.1680.0870.31
Sodium fluoride + acetic acid0.1490.870.43

Sodium fluoride + gastric acidSaliva0.2920.0870.01
Sodium fluoride + acetic acid0.0180.0871.0

Sodium fluoride + acetic acidSaliva0.2740.0870.02