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Published in final edited form as: J Dent. 2010 Nov 23;39(2):10.1016/j.jdent.2010.11.005. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2010.11.005

Table 2.

Mean and standard deviation of ICTP concentration (μg/l) in conditioning media after human dentin explants incubation in the different experimental groups.

Dentin state and medium / incubation time	24 hours	1 week	3 weeks
Mineralized +AS	0.87 (0.11) 1a	4.08 (1.06) 2 a	4.04 (0.97) 2a
Mineralized +AS+ Chlorhexidine digluconate	0.80 (0.05) 1a	2.34 (0.8) 1,2 b	3.78 (1.59) 2a
Mineralized +AS+ Doxycycline	<0.01 (0) 1a	<0.01 (0) 1c	<0.01 (0) 1b
Mineralized +AS+ ZnCl₂	0.13 (0.11) 1a	0.23 (0.19) 1c	0.53 (0.15) 1b
Mineralized +MMP-2+AS	4.46 (0.77) 1b	6.74 (0.56) 1d	9.02 (1.63) 2c
Mineralized +MMP-2+AS+Chlorhexidine digluconate	2.33 (0.59) 1c	4.55 (0.73) 2a	8.01 (1.49) 3c
Mineralized +MMP-2+AS+ Doxycycline	<0.01 (0) 1a	<0.01 (0) 1c	<0.01 (0) 1b
Mineralized +MMP-2+AS+ZnCl₂	0.23 (0.12) 1a	0.97 (0.24) 2c	1.81 (0.48) 3b
PA-demineralized +AS	70 (16.67) 1A	160 (20.95) 2A	178 (22.51) 2A
PA-demineralized +AS+ Chlorhexidine digluconate	30.82 (8.29) 1B	203 (19) 2A,B	200 (16.55) 2A,B
PA- demineralized +AS+Doxycycline	<0.01 (0) 1C	<0.01 (0) 1C	<0.01 (0) 1C
PA- demineralized +AS+ ZnCl₂	16.32 (5.84) 1B,C	42.14 (5.86) 2D	45.66 (5.98) 2D
PA-demineralized +MMP-2+AS	210 (11.40) 1D	220 (16.46) 1B	225 (13.52) 1E
PA-demineralized +MMP-2+AS+Chlorhexidine digluconate	152 (27) 1E	195 (21.07) 2B	205 (12.60) 2B
PA-demineralized +MMP-2+AS+ Doxycycline	0.1 (0.09) 1C	<0.01 (0) 1C	0.04 (0.05) 1C
PA-demineralized +MMP-2+AS+ZnCl₂	58.26 (8.57) 1A	47.6 (9.69) 1D	56.05 (7.13) 1D

For each horizontal row: values with identical numbers indicate no significant difference (p>0.05).

For each vertical column: values with identical letters indicate no significant difference (p>0.05).

Mineralized and PA-demineralized dentin was analyzed separately.