Table 3.
The comparison of colony counts between the experimental lollipops and control groups
| Bacteria | Experimental groups | N | Mean (standard deviation) | Comparisons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With negative control group | With Chlorhexidine | Between experimental groups | ||||
| Streptococcus mutans | 1 | 5 | 1.11 × 107 (5.43 × 106) |
P < 0.001 † T = 57.2 |
P = 0.010 † T = 4.56 |
P < 0.001* F = 919.6 |
| 2 | 5 | 4.82 × 106 (5.20 × 106) |
P < 0.001 † T = 62.5 |
P = 0.107 T = 2.07 |
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| 3 | 5 | 1.24 × 108 (5.48 × 106) |
P = 0.003 † T = 6.53 |
P < 0.001 † T = 54.70 |
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| Lactobacillus acidophilus | 1 | 5 | 3.56 × 105 (5.28 × 105) |
P < 0.001 † T = 634.1 |
P = 0.206 T = 1.51 |
P < 0.001* F = 3509 |
| 2 | 5 | 2.26 × 103 (4.34 × 103) |
P < 0.001 † T = 77205.7 |
P = 0.309 T = 1.16 |
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| 3 | 5 | 1.40 × 108 (0.00 × 100) | ||||
*Statistical significance difference using one-way ANOVA
†Statistical significance difference using one- sample t-test