Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of the push-out strengths (MPa) in each experimental group
| Group | Mean | SD | SE | 95% CI | Min | Max | ||
| Lower Bound | Upper Bound | |||||||
| 1 | Saline (control) | 8.29a | 1.07 | 0.22 | 7.83 | 8.74 | 6.46 | 10.08 |
| 2 | 2.5% SH | 9.01a | 1.38 | 0.28 | 8.43 | 9.59 | 6.54 | 10.97 |
| 3 | 5.25% SH | 8.07a | 1.34 | 0.27 | 7.50 | 8.63 | 6.33 | 10.94 |
| 4 | 2.5% CH | 5.14b | 1.21 | 0.25 | 4.63 | 5.66 | 3.46 | 6.84 |
| 5 | 5% CH | 5.01b | 1.00 | 0.20 | 4.58 | 5.43 | 3.24 | 6.63 |
| Total | 7.10 | 2.07 | 0.19 | 6.73 | 7.48 | 3.24 | 10.97 | |
SH: Sodium hypochlorite; CH: Calcium hypochlorite; CI: Confidence Interval for the Mean; SD: Standard Deviation, SE: Standard Error. Data with different lowercase letters indicate significant differences (P<0.05, Tukey’s test)