Table1.
Median of colony counts for different intracanal medicaments at 100 and 200 µm depths at different time intervals
| Groups | Median (Interquartile Range) Colony Count(10 4 ) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First day | Seventh day | ||||||
| 100 µm | 200 µm | P-value b | 100 µm | 200 µm | P-value b | ||
| Saline | 328.79 (229.29) | 226.77 (98.93) | 0.022 | 579.62 (417.76) | 273.45 (216.71) | 0.005 | |
| Calcium hydroxide | 257.95 (217.59) | 186.87 (199.88) | 0.139 | 379.81 (281.33) | 249.65 (175.27) | 0.005 | |
| Triple antibiotic paste | 0.0100 (1.36) b | 0.0100 (1.12) b | 0.236 | 0.0100 (1.16) | 46.82 (60.97) | 0.005 | |
| P- value a | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
a
. Using Kruskal–Wallis H test;
b
. Using Wilcoxon signed ranks test