Research Article

Effect of CAD/CAM Position and Thickness of Ultra-Translucent Multilayered Zirconia on Color Aspects

Table 3

Results of the Pearson correlation analyses between CAD/CAM positions (considering the proportion of the dentin layer) and color attributes in the CIELAB system, stratified by specimen thickness.

Color attributesThickness
1 mm1.5 mm2 mm2.5 mm3 mmOverall

L0.11 (0.631)0.56 (0.011)0.66 (0.002)0.41 (0.069)0.15 (0.528)0.33 (0.001)
a−0.64 (0.002)0.84 (<0.001)0.63 (0.003)0.71 (<0.001)0.64 (0.002)0.30 (0.003)
b0.87 (<0.001)0.93 (<0.001)0.94 (<0.001)0.96 (<0.001)0.88 (<0.001)0.78 (<0.001)
ΔE−0.09 (0.714)0.09 (0.701)0.09 (0.704)−0.30 (0.202)−0.38 (0.097)−0.11 (0.271)

Correlation significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed; ). Correlation significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed; ).