23 June 2025 : Clinical Research
Comparative Spectrophotometric Assessment of Crown Discoloration from Diverse Endodontic Sealers
Adel S. Alobaid ABCDEFG 1, Shahrah S. Mkhreb ABCDEFG 1, Ahmed Babiker Mohamed Ali ABCDEFG 2*, Mohammed A. Alobaid
DEFG 3,4, Surekha Anil Dubey DEFG 5, Asim Elsir Elmahdi DEFG 6, Saurabh Chaturvedi ACDEFG 6
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.947874
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e947874
Table 4 Post hoc paired comparisons of ΔL changes.
| ΔL | ΔL2 | ΔL3 | ΔL4 | ΔL5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean diff. | P value | Mean diff. | P value | Mean diff. | P value | Mean diff. | P value | |
| MTA vs Ca(OH) | −1.96 | 0.542 | −0.19 | 1.000 | −2.31 | 0.464 | −0.35 | 0.997 |
| MTA vs ZnOE | 0.66 | 0.985 | 1.90 | 0.710 | −1.45 | 0.833 | −2.11 | 0.267 |
| MTA vs Resin | 1.59 | 0.721 | 4.12 | 0.061 | −5.29 | 0.004 | −6.88 | <0.001 |
| MTA vs Negative | 3.27 | 0.094 | 5.19 | 0.010 | −2.82 | 0.264 | −6.09 | <0.001 |
| Ca(OH) vs ZnOE | 2.62 | 0.255 | 2.08 | 0.634 | 0.86 | 0.971 | −1.76 | 0.444 |
| Ca(OH) vs Resin | 3.55 | 0.056 | 4.30 | 0.045 | −2.98 | 0.215 | −6.54 | <0.001 |
| Ca(OH) vs Negative | 5.23 | 0.001 | 5.38 | 0.007 | −0.52 | 0.996 | −5.74 | <0.001 |
| ZnOE vs Resin | 0.93 | 0.947 | 2.22 | 0.576 | −3.84 | 0.058 | −4.78 | <0.001 |
| ZnOE vs Negative | 2.61 | 0.260 | 3.29 | 0.196 | −1.38 | 0.856 | −3.98 | 0.003 |
| Resin vs Negative | 1.67 | 0.683 | 1.07 | 0.951 | 2.47 | 0.396 | 0.79 | 0.939 |