Mechanical and aesthetics compatibility of Brazilian red propolis micellar nanocomposite as a cavity cleaning agent

Table 4 Means ± standard deviation of the color characteristics in the Lab* color space (CIELAB) for each experimental group and the control groups

Treatment	Micellar nanocomposites loaded with EARP applied before dentin etching		Micellar nanocomposites loaded with EARP applied after dentin etching
Treatment	L*	a*	b*	L*	a*	b*
Micellar nanocomposites 0.3% (RP3)	45.46 ± 2.46^Aa	− 1.08 ± 1.09^Aa	3.83 ± 1.67^Aa	47.21 ± 2.60^Aa	− 2.05 ± 0.42^Ab	3.66 ± 1.32^Aa
RP3 control	45.02 ± 3.04^Aa	−1.33 ± 0.53^Aa	3.39 ± 1.89^Aa	48.90 ± 1.94^Ab	− 2.25 ± 0.44^Ab	3.93 ± 1.23^Aa
Micellar nanocomposites 0.6% (RP6)	43.50 ± 1.11^Ba	− 0.93 ± 0.62^Aa	0.98 ± 1.22^Ba	43.28 ± 3.75^Ba	− 0.89 ± 0.88^Ba	2.76 ± 0.89^Aa
RP6 control	44.85 ± 2.35^Ba	− 1.61 ± 0.45^Aa	1.84 ± 1.63^Aa	46.20 ± 1.87^Aa	− 1.17 ± 0.52^Aa	2.84 ± 1.60^Aa
Micellar nanocomposites 1.0% (RP1)	44.44 ± 2.41^Ba	− 1.61 ± 0.53^Aa	3.30 ± 1.38^Aa	43.33 ± 2.31^Ba	− 0.94 ± 0.32^Ba	1.63 ± 1.74^Ba
RP1 control	46.02 ± 2.58^Aa	− 1.70 ± 0.65^Aa	3.04 ± 1.02^Aa	45.46 ± 2.92^Aa	− 1.55 ± 0.48^Aa	2.44 ± 1.54^Aa

F test (ANOVA) followed by the Tukey test for paired comparisons of L*, a*, and b* CIELAB coordinates. When all the capital letters (columns) are different, there is a significant difference between color changes for each CIELAB coordinate. When all the lower case letters (rows) are different, there is a significant difference between different processing techniques in the same CIELAB coordinate by Tukey’s paired comparisons. EARP, ethyl acetate extract of Brazilian red propolis

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