Adhesive Ability of Different Oral Pathogens to Various Dental Materials: An In Vitro Study

Table 3

Streptococcus mutans group (plate colony counting).

	2 h	4 h	6 h	8 h	12 h	16 h	20 h	24 h
3M Z350 resin	0.05 ± 0.02	0.46 ± 0.08	1.36 ± 0.24	2.12 ± 0.45	3.16 ± 0.38	3.55 ± 0.63	6.00 ± 1.45	8.35 ± 0.72
Glass ionomer cement	0.02 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.07	0.35 ± 0.14	0.56 ± 0.13	1.11 ± 0.39	1.41 ± 0.50	2.60 ± 0.81	4.01 ± 0.52
Icon	0.01 ± 0.00	0.07 ± 0.04	0.17 ± 0.05	0.25 ± 0.08	1.01 ± 0.17	2.16 ± 0.41	2.48 ± 0.75	3.12 ± 0.65

The experimental results were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (unit: ×10⁶ CFU/ml).