Research Article

Effect of Gingival Hemostatic Agents on the Surface Detail Reproduction and Dimension Stability of Three Elastomeric Impression Materials

Table 3

Mean and standard deviation of the dimensional stability of impression materials.

Elastomeric impression materialsGingival hemostatic retracting agents
ControlRacestyptineDryz®Expasyl™

PVS0.0302 ± 0.0202A,B0.0475 ± 0.0253A0.0253 ± 0.0159B0.0413 ± 0.0217A,B
PE−0.0299 ± 0.0239E−0.0439 ± 0.0258E−0.0365 ± 0.0335E−0.0501 ± 0.0301E
PVSE0.0340 ± 0.0254C,D0.0234 ± 0.0178C0.0504 ± 0.0309D0.0372 ± 0.0332C,D

Capital letters indicated the significantly different dimensional stability of same elastomeric impression material after Tukey’s test at . The same capital indicated the same significant level.