Table 1.
Mean and SD for the Log10 CFU of (E. faecalis) for different irrigants
| Groups | p-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saline | NaOCl | Probiotic | ||||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Log10 CFU (E. faecalis) | Pre-irrigation | 7.04Ab | 0.03 | 7.20Aa | 0.07 | 7.09Ab | 0.09 | 0.001* | 
| Immediately | 4.95Ba | 0.11 | 0.00Cc | 0.00 | 4.40Bb | 0.10 | ≤ 0.001* | |
| After 24 hours | 6.89Aa | 0.32 | 2.20Bc | 2.01 | 4.04Bb | 0.16 | ≤ 0.001* | |
| p-value | ≤ 0.001* | ≤ 0.001* | ≤ 0.001* | |||||
Means with same Capital Superscript within each Column are not significantly different at p=0.05; Means with same Small Superscript within each Row are not significantly different at p = 0.05; NS = Non-significant;
= Significant.