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A dual-cure resin cement was placed beneath each specimen and light-cured through the specimen using a VALO X curing light in Standard Power (SP) or Xtra Power (XP) mode (n = 8). DC was measured by FT-IR\/ATR spectroscopy at days 1 and 10. The normality and homogeneity of variances were assessed using the Shapiro\u2013Wilk and Levene tests, and data were analyzed using mixed-design repeated-measures ANOVA and Tukey HSD tests (\u03b1 = 0.05). Material type and thickness significantly affected DC (p &lt; 0.001), whereas curing mode did not (p = 0.110). Post-irradiation time significantly affected DC (p &lt; 0.001), and a significant material\u2013thickness interaction was found (p = 0.043). 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