Table 1.
Median (mean ± SD) of baseline and final change in a, b and L indices according to the material and solutions
| Mouth-rinse | ΔL | Δa | ΔL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cube X2 | VMK 95 | Cube X2 | VMK 95 | Cube X2 | VMK 95 | |
| CHX | −0.20A,a (−0.23 ± 0.87) | −0.20A,a (0.18 ± 0.99) | 0.70A,a (0.68 ± 0.09) | 1.00A,b (1.00 ± 0.06) | −0.40A,a (−0.38 ± 0.12) | −0.50A,b (0.53 ± 0.10) |
| Listerine® | −0.20AB,a (−0.15 ± 0.14) | −0.20A,a (−0.23 ± 0.9) | 0.50A,a (0.53 ± 0.20) | 0.80B,a (0.73 ± 0.27) | 0.30B,a (0.17 ± 0.27) | −0.20B,a (−0.23 ± 0.89) |
| Distilled water | 0.00B,a (−0.67 ± 0.10) | 0.00B,a (−0.14 ± 0.12) | 0.00B,a (−0.33 ± 0.15) | 0.0C,a (−0.06 ± 0.14) | 0.00B,a (0.08 ± 0.37) | −0.10C,a (−0.6 ± 0.11) |
In each column, different superscript capital letters indicate significant differences between the materials. In each row, different superscript lower-case letters indicate significant differences between the solutions (Tukey HSD test, p < 0.001)