Evaluation of antibacterial activity of propolis on regenerative potential of necrotic immature permanent teeth in dogs

Table 5 The mean, standard deviation (SD) values and results of Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests for comparison between hard tissue formation scores of different groups, subgroups and subdivisions

Time	Intra-canal propolis paste		Intra-canal TAP paste		Positive control	Negative control	P-value
	Propolis plug	MTA plug	Propolis plug	MTA plug	Positive control	Negative control
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
2 W	0.50^B ± 0.23	0.67^B ± 0.42	0.60^B ± 0.41	0.63^B ± 0.28	0.00 ± 0.00	0.68^B ± 0.44	.061
1 M	0.67^Ba ± 0.52	0.83^Ba ± 0.41	0.65^Ba ± 0.34	0.77^Ba ± 0.40	0.00^b ± 0.00	1.00^Ba ± 0.00	<.001*
2 M	1.17^Ab ± 0.41	1.50^Ab ± 0.55	1.30^Ab ± 0.60	1.55^Ab ± 0.65	0.00^c ± 0.00	2.0^Aa ± 0.61	<.001*
P-value	.040*	.037*	.042*	.038*	1.000	<.001*

*: Significant at P ≤ .05, Different small superscripts in the same row are statistically significantly different. Different capital superscripts in the same column are statistically significantly different. TAP: Triple antibiotic paste, MTA: Mineral trioxide aggregates

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