Table 3.
Mean and SD for ΔE for different tested groups at all the time intervals within dentin under light exposed conditions.
Dentin | Light | p-Value | |||||
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SDF | SDF + GSH | SDF + KI | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Immediate | 2.47 b | 0.57 | 3.38 a | 1.18 | 4.50 a | 1.00 | 0.002 * |
3 h | 8.43 | 1.23 | 7.12 | 0.74 | 7.82 | 1.42 | 0.095 NS |
6 h | 9.65 a | 1.32 | 8.17 b | 1.09 | 8.33 b | 1.00 | 0.016 * |
24 h | 14.40 a | 1.67 | 11.50 b | 1.12 | 9.12 c | 0.92 | ≤0.001 * |
48 h | 19.16 a | 1.72 | 12.98 b | 1.10 | 10.42 c | 0.73 | ≤0.001 * |
72 h | 21.30 a | 1.21 | 15.36 b | 0.71 | 11.60 c | 0.99 | ≤0.001 * |
7 days | 23.91a | 1.94 | 18.55 b | 0.77 | 13.04 c | 0.83 | ≤0.001 * |
10 days | 27.94 a | 1.18 | 21.63 b | 0.58 | 12.74 c | 0.72 | ≤0.001 * |
14 days | 27.52 a | 1.15 | 25.67 b | 0.45 | 13.96 c | 1.12 | ≤0.001 * |
Means with the same letter (a, b or c) within each row are not significant (NS), and (*) means significant at p > 0.05.