From: Evaluation of toothpastes for treating root carious lesions – a laboratory-based pilot study
Groups | Root dentine (baseline) | After ARCLs | 13 days of pH-cycling | Mean difference | p-value | Overall change | p-value (intergroups) |
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Group 1. Deionised water | 1.04 ± 0.34 | 0.75 ± 0.30 | 0.63 ± 0.18 | -0.12 ± 0.27 | 0.003 | -0.07 ± 0.10 (7% decrease) | Kruskal-Wallis H, H [3] = 125.310, p < 0.001, all intergroups comparison (p < 0.001) |
1.48 ± 0.19 | 0.51 ± 0.15 | 0.42 ± 0.13 | -0.09 ± 0.05 | < 0.001 | |||
1.33 ± 0.08 | 0.73 ± 0.19 | 0.73 ± 0.11 | 0.003 ± 0.16 | 0.006 | |||
Group 2. BG with 540 ppm | 1.32 ± 0.10 | 0.85 ± 0.24 | 0.80 ± 0.13 | -0.05 ± 0.17 | 0.130 | 0.11 ± 0.10 (11% increase) | |
1.26 ± 0.18 | 0.77 ± 0.21 | 0.84 ± 0.08 | 0.07 ± 0.18 | 0.010 | |||
1.20 ± 0.18 | 0.66 ± 0.16 | 0.96 ± 0.12 | 0.30 ± 0.15 | < 0.001 | |||
Group 3. 1,450 ppm | 1.21 ± 0.12 | 0.83 ± 0.19 | 0.96 ± 0.10 | 0.13 ± 0.18 | < 0.001 | 0.30 ± 0.07 (30% increase) | |
1.38 ± 0.11 | 0.45 ± 0.13 | 0.86 ± 0.24 | 0.41 ± 0.13 | < 0.001 | |||
1.33 ± 0.07 | 0.64 ± 0.06 | 0.99 ± 0.07 | 0.35 ± 0.05 | < 0.001 | |||
Group 4. 5,000 ppm | 1.24 ± 0.17 | 1.04 ± 0.22 | 1.08 ± 0.22 | 0.04 ± 0.20 | 0.003 | 0.22 ± 0.10 (22% increase) | |
1.26 ± 0.13 | 0.71 ± 0.17 | 1.04 ± 0.13 | 0.33 ± 0.17 | < 0.001 | |||
1.26 ± 0.20 | 0.72 ± 0.13 | 1.00 ± 0.18 | 0.28 ± 0.10 | 0.006 |