Table 3.

Pulp temperature increase following diode laser (980 nm) irradiation with graphite paste.

Pulp Temperature at 1 Watt + Graphite
Number of values	36
Minimum	0.8000 °C
Maximum	1.500 °C
Mean	1.200 °C
Std. Deviation	0.1954
Std. Error	0.05641
Lower 95% CI of mean	1.076
Upper 95% CI of mean	1.324
Kolmogorov Smirnov normality test
KS distance	0.1667
P value	>0.10
Passed normality test (α = 0.05)?	Yes