Table 3.
Results of maximal dye penetration area (mean, standard deviation) based on Fisher’s LSD Test (p < 0.05). Different uppercase letters indicate statistically significant differences, with largest penetrated dentin areas depicted by letter A and decreasing up to J.
| Group | Mean (SD) | Dye penetration maximal depth: ranking for entire root | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D 455 | 599 (266) | A | |||||||||
| D 970 | 582 (347) | A | |||||||||
| D808 | 534 (150) | A | B | ||||||||
| D980 | 456 (246) | B | C | ||||||||
| POS | 449 (148) | B | C | ||||||||
| CO2 | 432 (183) | B | C | ||||||||
| Er:YAG | 378 (153) | C | D | ||||||||
| CONV | 300 (180) | D | |||||||||
| NEG | 291 (170) | D | |||||||||
| Dye penetration maximal depth: ranking for the apical root third | |||||||||||
| D 455 | 497 (318) | A | B | C | D | E | |||||
| D 808 | 440 (160) | B | C | D | E | F | |||||
| D 970 | 426 (253) | B | C | D | E | F | G | ||||
| POS | 396 (170) | C | D | E | F | G | |||||
| D 980 | 316 (166) | E | F | G | H | I | |||||
| CO2 | 302 (140) | F | G | H | I | J | |||||
| Er:YAG | 242 (93) | H | I | J | |||||||
| NEG | 146 (59) | I | J | ||||||||
| CONV | 121 (46) | J | |||||||||
SD=Standard deviation