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. 2023 Feb 11;16(4):1514. doi: 10.3390/ma16041514

Table 4.

p-values from pairwise tests between the groups of teeth for each dental hard tissue and all elements examined (summarized areas), as well as for the Ca/P- and Ca/N-Ratios (results in Figure 5 and Table 1).

Compared Species Tissue Ca P O C N F Na Mg Fe Cl S Ca/P-Ratio Ca/N-Ratio
Human molar vs. bovine incisor Enamel NS § NS NS NS NS NS <0.001 NS NS NS NS NS -
Dentin NS <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NS NS <0.001 NS NS NS 0.005 <0.001
Human molar vs. murine incisor Enamel <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NS NS <0.001 0.014 NS <0.001 NS <0.001 -
Dentin <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NS NS <0.001 NS NS NS <0.001 <0.001
Human molar vs. murine molar Enamel <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NS NS <0.001 <0.001 NS NS NS <0.001 -
Dentin <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NS NS 0.006 NS 0.039 NS NS <0.001
Bovine incisor vs. murine Incisor Enamel <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NS NS 0.01 NS NS 0.006 NS <0.001 -
Dentin <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NS NS <0.001 NS NS NS 0.006 <0.001
Bovine incisor vs. murine molar Enamel <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 NS NS NS 0.014 NS NS NS <0.001 -
Dentin <0.001 <0.001 NS <0.001 <0.001 NS NS <0.001 NS 0.039 NS 0.007 <0.001
murine incisor vs. murine molar Enamel NS 0.017 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS 0.024 NS 0.007 -
Dentin NS 0.001 NS NS NS NS NS <0.001 NS NS NS <0.001 NS

§ NS, not significant (p > 0.05).