Comparative Efficacy of Four Stain Removal Methods for Bleach-Shade Composite Resins after Immersion in Staining Solutions: An <i>In Vitro</i> Study

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Composite resin</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Staining solution</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Sour cherry juice</td><td class="align_center">Coffee</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Gradia</td><td class="align_center">9.98 ± 2.36<sup>Aa</sup></td><td class="align_center">12.43 ± 2.74<sup>Aa</sup></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Filtek Z350</td><td class="align_center">25.47 ± 7.49<sup>Ab</sup></td><td class="align_center">23.53 ± 3.08<sup>Bb</sup></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Means labeled with the same uppercase letters are not significantly different, as compared in rows. Means labeled with the same lowercase letters are not significantly different, as compared in columns.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Means ± SD of color change of composite resins after immersion in staining solutions compared with baseline (<i>ΔE</i><sub>1</sub>).</div>

International Journal of Dentistry

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Table 1: Comparative Efficacy of Four Stain Removal Methods for Bleach-Shade Composite Resins after Immersion in Staining Solutions: An <i>In Vitro</i> Study 

Table 1 | Comparative Efficacy of Four Stain Removal Methods for Bleach-Shade Composite Resins after Immersion in Staining Solutions: An In Vitro Study 