Osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells under the influence of three different materials

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Represents the average absorbance rate for Alizarin red S stained chambers of all groups

Material/Group	Average	Standard Deviation (SD)	Post hoc Tukey’s test for significance among groups
Negative control	0.079	0.007	OT
			EMD*
			MTA*
			PDGF
OT	0.107	0.016	Negative control
			EMD*
			MTA
			PDGF
EMD	1.197	0.132	Negative control*
			OT*
			MTA*
			PDGF*
MTA	0.163	0.117	Negative control*
			OT
			EMD*
			PDGF*
PDGF	0.097	0.010	Negative control
			OT
			EMD*
			MTA*

OT reference control for osteoinduction, EMD Emdogain, MTA Mineral trioxide aggregate, PDGF Platelet derived growth factor-BB
N.B.Intergroup comparison was statistically significant using ANOVA test, P < 0.0001
*Indicates statistical significance with P < 0.05

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