Table 1:
Master chart showing distribution of all the parameters for both the groups
| Males | Females | All subjects | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Group I | Group II | p-value | Group I | Group II | p-value | Group I | Group II | p-value | |
| Visual criteria | Presence of dentin discoloration | 5 | 8 | 0.269 | 4 | 11 | 0.011* | 9 | 19 | 0.010* |
| Visual criteria | Absence of dentin discoloration | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 11 | |||
| Tactile criteria | Catch present over affected dentin | 4 | 3 | 0.666 | 1 | 8 | 0.005* | 5 | 11 | 0.08 |
| Tactile criteria | Smooth passage of explorer | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 19 | |||
| Dye score | Score 0 | 11 | 8 | 0.18 | 12 | 5 | 0.065 | 23 | 13 | 0.037* |
| Dye score | Score 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Dye score | Score 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Dye score | Score 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dye score | Score 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dye score | Score 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Time required (seconds) | Mean ± SD | 112.33 ± 30.532 | 126.20 ± 21.557 | 0.162 | 113.53 ± 25.306 | 130.60 ± 18.749 | 0.045* | 112.93 ± 27.560 | 128.40 ± 19.976 | 0.016* |
*p-value p < 0.05 statistically significant