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. 2020 Summer;15(3):147–154. doi: 10.22037/iej.v15i3.23682

Table 1.

Medians, interquartile ranges, and Kruskal–Wallis statistics (with Dunn’s post-hoc test) for areas containing gutta-percha in each sample group (pixels). For comparing C, M and A thirds in each group, the Friedman test was used

After obturation After removal of obturation material XP Endo ( P )
C 521.00 (253.12) Aab 81.75 (148.12) Ba 0.00 (11.75) Ba <0.05
M 783.25 (322.87) Aa 59.50 (110.75) Ba 3.75 (53.62) Ba <0.05
A 338.25 (486.87) Ab 16.75 (51.87) Ba 0.00 (8.75) Ba <0.05
( P ) <0.05 0.3342 0.8105
After obturation After removal of obturation material PUI ( P )
C 588.75 (429.75) Aa 19.50 (33.87) Ba 4.00 (35.00) Ba <0.05
M 685.00 (495.37) Aa 52.00 (117.87) Ba 31.50 (80.75) Ba <0.05
A 335.50 (487.37) Aa 23.50 (28.75) Ba 11.75 (12.47) Ba <0.05
( P ) 0.0625 0.0927 0.3235
After obturation After removal of obturation material Easy Clean ( P )
C 700.25 (343.50) Aab 22.75 (31.87) Ba 3.00 (9.87) Ba <0.05
M 772.75 (359.25) Aa 30.00 (81.12) Ba 19.35 (32.65) Ba <0.05
A 317.50 (196.00) Ab 0.00 (39.00) Ba 0.00 (7.50) Ba <0.05
( P ) <0.05 0.1615 0.0600

Different uppercase letters in the horizontal direction and different lowercase letters in the vertical direction: statistically significant differences; C, M, A: Coronal, Medical, Apical thirds of the roots