Table 1

Provisional restoration resins tested

Product Material Manufacturer Ratio of mixing
(gm of base to catalyst)		 Batch No.
Iso-Temp Dual cure 3M (St. Paul, MN) 10:1 19980206
TCB Dual Cure Dual cure Sci-Can(Pittsburgh, PA) 4:1 PC704949
Integrity Self-cure Dentsply Caulk (Milford, DE) 10:1 980515
Protemp Garant Self-cure ESPE (Norristown, PA) 4:1 B008 C068
Provipont DC Dual cure Ivoclar Vivadent (Schaan, Liechtenstein) 4:1 926024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2

Mean maximum temperature reached during polymerization

Resins

Mean (oC)

 SD Error Std.
Provipont DC 29.53 0.678 0.215
Integrity 33.75 1.113 0.352
Iso-temp 29.47 0.389 0.123
Protemp Garant 35.63 1.269 0.401
TCB dual cure 28.42 1.037 0.328

SD=standard deviation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 3

Results of ANOVA comparing peak polymerization of resins

Source of variation Sum of square DF Mean square f-test p-value
Provisional materials 395.096 4 98.774 108.880 0
Error (or residual) 40.824 45 0.9072
Corrected ttoal 435.92 49