Table 1. Mean value of percentage hydrophobicity of S. epidermidis to dentin treated with various irrigating regimens.

Group	Irrigating regimen	Percentage hydrophobicity
1	Saline	83.8 ± 6.9a
2	NaOCl	70.7 ± 5.5b
3	NaOCl-EDTA	89.8 ± 7.2a
4	NaOCl-EDTA-CHX	11.4 ± 1.8c

The values are shown as mean ± standard deviation. Groups with same superscript alphabets had no significant difference between them.

NaOCl, sodium hypochlorite; EDTA, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; CHX, chlorhexidine.