Formulation and Development of an Experimental Polishing Paste with Antimicrobial Activity Based on Coturnix coturnix (Codorniz) Eggshell
Table 2
Comparison of the antimicrobial efficacy of quail paste versus others according to time and type of microorganism.
Group
Microorganism
Time
24 hours
48 hours
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Control paste
S. aureus
12.53
0.16
12.33
0.13
0.619
>0.05‡
Quail paste
12.63
0.08
12.33
0.16
0.433
Universal Polishing paste
0
0
0
0
—
Diamond Excel paste
0
0
0
0
—
Control paste
E. coli
12.61
0.08
12.56
0.10
0.740
>0.05‡
Quail paste
12.68
0.07
12.36
0.10
0.678
Universal Polishing paste
0
0
0
0
—
Diamond Excel paste
0
0
0
0
—
Control paste
E. faecalis
12.61
0.75
12.28
0.11
0.945
>0.05‡
Quail paste
12.71
0.07
12.31
0.14
0.841
Universal Polishing paste
0
0
0
0
—
Diamond Excel paste
0
0
0
0
—
Control paste
C. albicans
6.53
0.30
6.16
0.16
0.840
<0.001†
Quail paste
8.70
0.14
8.43
0.12
0.924
Universal Polishing paste
7.00
0.11
7.00
0.11
—
Diamond Excel paste
11.10
5.44
13.41
0.27
0.051
Control paste
S. mutans
11.45
0.31
10.71
0.43
0.835
<0.001†
Quail paste
11.65
0.15
11.21
0.29
0.160
Universal Polishing paste
8.71
0.11
8.25
0.18
0.841
Diamond Excel paste
11.25
1.17
10.3
0.49
0.001
Shapiro–Wilk test. ⁑Student’s t-test (groups with null values were excluded from the analysis). †ANOVA test. All measurements were expressed in mm, using the Kirby–Bauer method.
