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 5 Post hoc paired comparisons of Δa changes.
| Δa | Δa1 | Δa3 | Δa5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean diff. | P value | Mean diff. | P value | Mean diff. | P value | |
| MTA vs Ca(OH) | −0.39 | 0.536 | 0.12 | 0.985 | 0.19 | 0.951 |
| MTA vs ZnOE | 0.10 | 0.995 | −0.61 | 0.083 | −0.47 | 0.417 |
| MTA vs Resin | −0.34 | 0.654 | 0.05 | 1.000 | 0.34 | 0.722 |
| MTA vs Negative | 0.36 | 0.604 | −0.80 | 0.011 | −0.59 | 0.197 |
| Ca(OH) vs ZnOE | 0.48 | 0.313 | −0.73 | 0.024 | −0.66 | 0.117 |
| Ca(OH) vs Resin | 0.05 | 1.000 | −0.07 | 0.998 | 0.14 | 0.983 |
| Ca(OH) vs Negative | 0.75 | 0.034 | −0.92 | 0.002 | −0.79 | 0.041 |
| ZnOE vs Resin | −0.44 | 0.414 | 0.66 | 0.050 | 0.81 | 0.034 |
| ZnOE vs Negative | 0.26 | 0.828 | −0.19 | 0.928 | −0.12 | 0.991 |
| Resin vs Negative | 0.70 | 0.054 | −0.85 | 0.006 | −0.93 | 0.010 |