Table 3.
Overall comparison of glass ionomer cements with chitosan.
Groups | Days (Mean ± SD) ppm |
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Day 1 | Day 7 | Day 14 | Day 21 | Day 28 | |
IB | 71.67 ± 7.89a | 49.50 ± 3.51a | 36.50 ± 3.51a | 31.33 ± 2.73a | 25.50 ± 1.97a |
IIB | 69.17 ± 4.67a | 55.50 ± 3.45a | 38.17 ± 2.71a | 31.38 ± 0.98a | 23.33 ± 0.82a |
IIIB | 70.17 ± 6.94 a | 53.00 ± 4.15a | 39.83 ± 3.37a | 34.33 ± 0.82 a | 26.33 ± 2.66a |
VB | 155.00 ± 23.45b | 170.00 ± 10.95b | 126.67 ± 13.66b | 98.83 ± 8.82 b | 78.00 ± 12.20b |
P value amongst groups | <.001*** | <.001*** | <.001*** | <.001*** | <.001*** |
Denotes significance at 0.001 level. Different alphabets between groups denote significance at 1% level using tukey HSD test.