Table 3.

Variation in bond strength of resin modified glass ionomer cement after application of various cavity cleansers

Groups	n	Bond strength mean (MPa)	SD	P	Post hoc Tukey test
Group 1 (PAA)	8	8.9	4.6	<0.001	The significance was seen between PAA and SDF-KI CHX and SDF-KI SDF-KI and CTRL
Group 2 (CHX)	8	9.7	5.3
Group 3 (SDF-KI)	8	22.3	4.4
Group 4 (CTRL)	8	10.5	10.5

CHX: 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate, PAA: Polyacrylic acid, SDF: Silver diamine fluoride, KI: Potassium iodide, CTRL: Distilled water, SD: Standard deviation