Table 1.

One-way ANOVA showing comparison of mean residual weight loss (in mg) of pulp tissue for various groups

Groups	Activation methods	Mean±SD	F	P
Group I	NaOCl with no activation – Control	0.57±0.09	16.14	0.000*
Group II	Manual agitation with warm NaOCl	0.65±0.33
Group III	Ultrasonic activated NaOCl	0.7±0.33
Group IV	Photodynamically stimulated NaOCl	0.6±0.21
Group V	Erbium laser-activated NaOCl	1.7±0.08

*Statistically significant P<0.05. SD: Standard deviation, NaOCl: Sodium Hypochlorite