Table 2.

Mean bacterial count values and standard deviation as a function of procedural stage and treatment groups

Groups	Before irrigation	After irrigation	Difference	P §
NaOCl (n=10)	5.84×107±1.92×107	5.24×105±1.78×105	7.692±2.636a	0.01*
Green tea (n=10)	5.35×107±1.6×107	5.29×105±1.47×105	7.081±3.439a,b
Neem (n=10)	4.86×107±1.85×107	113.9×105±123.4×105	3.152±3.401b

*Statistically significant (P≤0.05). ^§Analyzed by one-way ANOVA test. Different lowercase letters imply significant differences. Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation. n: Sample size per group. IQR: Interquartile range