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. 2021 May 26;2021:7143623. doi: 10.1155/2021/7143623

Table 4.

L , a, b, and ΔE values for each tooth of the treatment group (n = 19) and the control group (n = 19).

Treatment Control p
Data in mean ± standard deviation
11 ΔL −0.88 ± 4.94 −1.47 ± 4.43 0.74
Δa −0.26 ± 0.89 −0.03 ± 0.38 0.23
Δb −1.02 ± 3.20 0.69 ± 2.80 0.09
ΔE 4.59 ± 3.91 4.61 ± 2.81 0.98

12 ΔL −0.89 ± 6.15 −1.84 ± 4.17 0.62
Δa 0.01 ± 0.88 −0.02 ± 0.54 0.90
Δb 0.45 ± 5.12 −0.12 ± 1.97 0.67
ΔE 6.46 ± 4.67 4.27 ± 2.42 0.04

13 ΔL 0.09 ± 5.31 −2.67 ± 3.61 0.11
Δaa −0.1[−0.4; 0.1] 0.1[−0.2; 0.3] 0.37
Δb 0.38 ± 4.00 −0.74 ± 2.46 0.35
ΔE 5.24 ± 4.04 4.59 ± 2.27 0.58

21 ΔL −0.89 ± 7.29 −1.39 ± 3.36 0.82
Δa 0.10 ± 1.04 0.18 ± 0.47 0.71
Δb −0.38 ± 3.22 1.12 ± 3.27 0.18
ΔEa 5.1[2.9; 8.4] 4.8[2.8; 5.5] 0.24

22 ΔL 0.53 ± 5.04 −1.26 ± 3.27 0.28
Δa 0.12 ± 4.47 0.15 ± 0.57 0.86
Δb 0.48 ± 3.63 0.74 ± 2.61 0.80
ΔE 5.06 ± 3.52 3.65 ± 2.45 0.22

23 ΔL −0.60 ± 6.25 −1.71 ± 2.77 0.50
Δa 0.11 ± 0.63 −0.01 ± 0.56 0.58
Δb 0.18 ± 2.56 −0.47 ± 1.61 0.30
ΔE 5.44 ± 3.90 3.24 ± 1.67 0.06

31 ΔL 0.50 ± 4.58 −2.55 ± 4.45 0.10
Δa −0.44 ± 0.82 −0.26 ± 0.52 0.45
Δb −0.29 ± 3.62 −0.97 ± 2.16 0.53
ΔE 5.10 ± 2.81 4.71 ± 3.05 0.65

32 ΔL 1.29 ± 5.27 −1.41 ± 3.95 0.13
Δa −0.21 ± 0.97 −0.26 ± 0.85 0.88
Δb 0.57 ± 3.72 −0.52 ± 1.60 0.27
ΔE 5.71 ± 3.21 4.01 ± 2.10 0.11

33 ΔL 0.91 ± 6.30 −0.52 ± 3.89 0.46
Δa 0.22 ± 0.76 0.10 ± 0.52 0.63
Δb 0.98 ± 5.04 −0.30 ± 2.00 0.35
ΔE 6.38 ± 4.97 3.78 ± 2.18 0.06

41 ΔL 1.25 ± 4.59 −2.08 ± 4.81 0.07
Δa −0.29 ± 0.83 0.01 ± 0.55 0.24
Δb −0.05 ± 2.60 0.07 ± 1.91 0.89
ΔE 4.79 ± 2.47 4.65 ± 2.96 0.89

42 ΔL 0.61 ± 4.67 −1.01 ± 5.29 0.41
Δa −0.45 ± 0.73 −0.44 ± 0.7 0.95
Δb −0.95 ± 2.33 −0.50 ± 2.02 0.51
ΔE 4.64 ± 2.59 4.83 ± 3.07 0.83

43 ΔL 0.03 ± 4.04 −1.52 ± 5.87 0.34
Δa −0.13 ± 0.50 −0.15 ± 0.62 0.89
Δba 0.1[−1.9; 1.4] −0.1[−1.5; 1.2] 0.71
ΔE 4.17 ± 1.89 5.06 ± 4.07 0.38

aData are median (first quartile-third quartile).p < 0.05 (t-test): treatment group vs. controls.