Table 3.

The mean values of the associating microbial cells to the fibroblast or the polystyrene surface as well as the number of fibroblast associated with the microbial cells, in the presence or absence of the test medicaments.

Groups		Control			Ch-NPs treated cells			Ag-NPs treated cells			O3-oil treated cells
Strain code		E. faecalis	S. mutans	C. albicans	E. faecalis	S. mutans	C. albicans	E. faecalis	S. mutans	C. albicans	E. faecalis	S. mutans	C. albicans
Associated fibroblast		100 ± 0.33∗	98 ± 0.27∗	100 ± 1.5∗	0∗	0∗	0∗	82 ± 0.34	90 ± 0.23	95 ± 0.11	0∗	0∗	7 ± 1.8∗
Microbial cell/polystyrene surface association	Mean ± Standard deviation	150 ± 0.73∗	200 ± 0.22∗	110 ± 0.14∗	0∗	0∗	0∗	122 ± 0.11	185 ± 0.08	100 ± 0.36	0∗	0∗	0.45∗ ± 0.06
Associating microbes		400 ± 0.25∗	389 ± 0.13∗	420 ± 0.11∗	0∗	0∗	0∗	380 ± 0.15	380 ± 0.07	411 ± 0.05	0∗	0∗	10 ± 0.24∗

^∗P<0.05, student’s test.