Table 3.

The average adhesive remnant index (ARI) for each of the three study groups

	Group			Test of significance p value
	Group A (n = 12)	Group B (n = 12)	Group C (n = 12)
Average ARI score
-Min-Max -Mean ± Std. Deviation -95% CI for mean	3.00–3.00 3.00 ± 0.00 3.00–3.00	3.00–3.00 3.00 ± 0.00 3.00–3.00	1.67–2.67 2.33 ± 0.35 2.11–2.55	F(BF) = 44.000 p < .001*
	Pairwise comparison using Games-Howell
	Group A	Group B	Group C
Group A		Diff=-0.000	Diff = 0.66667 p < .001*
Group B			Diff = 0.66667 p < .001*
Group C

n : Number of patients

Min-Max: Minimum – Maximum

CI: Confidence interval

* : Statistically significant (p < .05)

NS: Statistically not significant (p ≥ .05)

NA : non applicable (due to exact match)