Table 5.

The mean values of the total viable bacterial count before caries removal and after caries removal among the three groups

		Polymer bur group	Carisolv group	Conventional group	p value
Before	Mean	18,315	19,725	19,148	0.78
	±SD	6105	6575	6383
After	Mean	909.0	476.0	357.0	<0.001*
	±SD	303.0	158.7	119.0
	Post hoc		P1 = <0.001*	P2 = <0.001*, P3 = 0.17

Data expressed as mean ± SD

SD, standard deviation; P, Probability; *, significance < 0.05

Test used: One-way ANOVA followed by post hoc Tukey

P1: Significance between polymer bur and Carisolv groups (significant difference)

P2: Significance between polymer bur and conventional groups (significant difference)

P3: Significance between Carisolv and conventional groups (non-significant difference)