TABLE 1. Means and standard deviation of morphometric parameters from groups of 0, 7 and 14 days of postnatal life that received fluoride treatment (n = 5).
| 0 days | |||
| Secretion Phase | 0ppm | 7ppm | 100ppm |
| Cell Height (in µm) | 63.94 ± 2.38 | 63.89 ± 2.64 | 63.35 ± 2.35 |
| Cell Volume (in µm3) | 1642. 75 ± 113.88 | 1614.76 ± 58.17 | 1589.24 ± 91.59 |
| Matrix Length (in µm) | 1833.31 ± 299.46 | 1856.30 ± 181.79 | 1615.91 ± 198.01 |
| 7 days | |||
| Secretion Phase | 0ppm | 7ppm | 100ppm |
| Cell Height (in µm) | 69.50 ± 4.37 | 70.08 ± 4.76 | 69.50 ± 3.78 |
| Cell Volume (in µm3) | 2311.91 ± 157.91 | 2167.16 ± 191.72 | 1859.28 ± 88.27 |
| a | a | b | |
| Matrix Length (in µm) | 4733.57 ± 393.50 | 4683.87 ± 177.82 | 4052.92 ± 311.94 |
| a | a | b | |
| Maturation Phase | 0ppm | 7ppm | 100ppm |
| Cell Height (in µm) | 45.50 ± 3.40 | 44.40 ± 2.80 | 43.94 ± 2.58 |
| Cell Volume (in µm3) | 1431.74 ± 73.88 | 1390.14 ± 142.89 | 1306.46 ± 121.51 |
| Matrix Length (in µm) | 2852.43 ± 222.85 | 2841.48 ± 275.74 | 3094.39 ± 157.41 |
| 14 days | |||
| Secretion Phase | 0ppm | 7ppm | 100ppm |
| Cell Height (in µm) | 74.28 ± 3.42 | 73.71 ± 3.64 | 72.63 ± 4.18 |
| Cell Volume (in µm3) | 2334.24 ± 187.36 | 2134.30 ± 190.10 | 1850.24 ± 46.39 |
| a | a | b | |
| Matrix Length (in µm) | 4622.38 ± 351.43 | 5383.64 ± 471.77 | 4541.83 ± 249.80 |
| a | b | a | |
| Maturation Phase | 0ppm | 7ppm | 100ppm |
| Cell Height (in µm) | 42.07 ± 3.88 | 41.53 ± 3.90 | 38.58 ± 4.18 |
| Cell Volume (in µm3) | 1304.54 ± 121.92 | 1400.71 ± 157.95 | 1284.12 ± 41.97 |
| Matrix Length (in µm) | 3080.11 ± 348.38 | 3313.09 ± 515.90 | 3326.43 ± 171.85 |
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Same letters or the absence of letters indicate no statistical difference (p>0.05). Different letters indicate statistically significant difference (p<0.05)