“…For this measurement, a microhardness tester (Future-Tech FM Future-Tech Corporation, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) was used with a Knoop indenter using a 10 g static load applied for 10 sec 15 . Thirty-six indentations were made, divided into three columns that were 100 µm apart at depths of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 180, and 200 µm from the bottom of the cavity floor towards the pulp 9 . For each specimen at each dentin level from the pulp floor, a value was obtained by calculating the mean between the three measurements.…”