Table 3: Comparison of colony count (CFU/ml) of S. mutans between groups and time points in eluted component test.

Day	Group	n	Mean	SD	p-value
0	Group I	20	2.310	0.126	0.25
	Group II	20	2.186	0.409
	Group III	20	2.202	0.337
	Group IV	20	2.225	0.207
3	Group I	20	2.405	0.102	< 0.001
	Group II	20	1.908*	0.202
	Group III	20	1.765	0.209
	Group IV	20	2.060*	0.405
30	Group I	20	2.680	0.128	< 0.001
	Group II	20	2.017*	0.207
	Group III	20	1.922*	0.237
	Group IV	20	2.105	0.391

One-way ANOVA, p<0.05 considered statistically significant.

* Pairs were not significant in multiple pairwise comparison using Tukey’s test.