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Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2010 Dec 16;7(4):1735–1741. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.12.013

Table 3.

Results for the ultimate tensile strength evaluation (mean ± standard deviation) of biomodified demineralized dentin: effect of environmental challenges and treatment.

Ultimate tensile strength (MPa) of demineralized dentin: effect of environmental challenge
Environmental challenge	Dentin treatment
	Control	25% GD	6.5% GSE
24 hours	12.67 ± 4.92 B,a	8.98 ± 2.94C,a	16.78 ±3.58A,a
24 hours/collagenase	0.0 ± 0.0 C,c	10.54 ± 3.94B,a	17.12 ± 3.96A,a
8 months DW	4.73 (2.25)C,b	7.85 (3.22)B,a	12.13 (4.22)A,b

Different upper and lower case letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) on each row and column, respectively.

DW: distilled water; GD: glutaraldehyde; GSE: grape seed extract