Quaternary ammonium silane (k21) based intracanal medicament triggers biofilm destruction

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Data showing different specimens using 2%k21, chlorhexidine (CHX) and Calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) using Fisher’s protected least significant difference showing the cell number was notably increased in control and 2% chlorhexidine specimens in contrast to the 2%k21 specimens, a fact that is coincident that there is incapability to form biofilm as clear with the p values. The significant p values are noted as bold with log difference calculated for bacterial counts. The symbols (ɸ) used indicated significant differences and similarities amongst different groups other than the bold ones

Biofilm Specimens	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
n = 5
Enterococcus faecalis-Albicans/control	p = 0.080 ɸ
	p = 0.076 ɸ	p = 0.002 6.16 × 10⁹
	p = 0.031 5.11 × 10¹¹	p = 0.001	p = 0.154
n = 5
Enterococcus faecalis-Albicans/2%CHX	p = 0.05	p = 0.3	p = 0.3	p = 0.2
	p = 0.7 ɸ	p = 0.54 ∞	p = 0.12	p = 0.04	p = 0.05
	p = 0.02	p = 0.003	p = 0.2	p = 0.3	p = 0.4	p = 0.01
n = 5
Enterococcus faecalis-Albicans/ Ca(OH)2	p = 0.01	p = 0.05	p = 0.05	p = 0.7 ∞	p = 0.6 ∞	p = 0.5 ∞	p = 0.04
	p = 0.7 ɸ	p = 0.22	p = 0.04	p = 0.55 ∞	p = 0.8 ɸ	p = 0.3	p = 0.4	p = 0.2
	p = 0.05	p = 0.001	p = 0.7 ɸ	p = 0.9 ɸ	p = 0.01	p = 0.3	p = 0.2	p = 0.1	p = 0.1
n = 5
Enterococcus faecalis-Albicans/2%k21	p = 0.05	p = 0.05	p = 0.05	p = 0.55	p = 0.08	p = 0.1	p = 0.01	p = 0.05
	p = 0.02	p = 0.11	p = 0.3	p = 0.04	p = 0.34	p = 0.02	p = 0.01
	p = 0.02	p = 0.03	p = 0.005	p = 0.06	p = 0.03	p = 0.04

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