Table 2.

The difference in mean values of zones of inhibition between the groups

Group	Inhibition (mm), mean±SD			ANOVA (F-statistic)	P	Inference
	Solution-I	Solution-II	Solution-III
Carious	1.49±1.41	2.37±2.32	2.99±2.95	6.33	0.0022	HS
Noncarious	1.5±1.46	2.16±1.87	3.37±3.09	10.57	0.001	HS
Carious (vs.) noncarious, P	0.94 (NS)	0.58 (NS)	0.48 (NS)

SD: Standard deviation, NS: Not significant, HS: Highly significant