The Effects of Zinc-Containing Mouthwashes on the Force Degradation of Orthodontic Elastomeric Chains: An In Vitro Study

Table 7

Tukey’s HSD test for comparison between each two solutions.

Media		1 week		3 weeks		6 weeks		8 weeks
		EF	SEF	EF	SEF	EF	SEF	EF	SEF
Distilled water	SmartMouth	0.436	0.872	0.125	0.088	0.981	0.882	0.903	0.983
	Halita	0.197	0.752	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	0.019	0.038
	Breath Rx	≤0.001	0.046	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001
	Listerine	0.587	0.080	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001
SmartMouth	Halita	0.988	0.999	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	0.150	0.130
	Breath Rx	0.003	0.322	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001
	Listerine	0.999	0.457	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001
Halita	Breath Rx	0.011	0.457	≤0.001	≤0.001	0.015	0.009	≤0.001	≤0.001
	Listerine	0.947	0.606	0.891	0.999	0.664	0.999	≤0.001	0.009
Breath Rx	Listerine	≤0.001	0.999	0.014	≤0.001	0.317	0.017	0.353	0.073

Significance at  < 0.05; SD: standard deviation; EF: Elasto-Force; SEF: Super Elasto-force.