Research Article
Antibacterial Effects of the Novel Blue Laser and Erbium Chromium Laser on Enterococcus Faecalis in Root Canal Dentin with Different Thicknesses
Table 2
Comparison of the number of bacteria in different groups with a thickness of 1 m.
| Thickness (mm) | Group | P-value |
| 1 | Er, Cr:YSGG laser compared to 445 nm diode laser | 0.038 | Er, Cr:YSGG laser compared to both erbium and 445 nm diode lasers | 0.021 | Er, Cr:YSGG laser compared to control group | 0.025 | 445 nm diode laser compared to both Er, Cr:YSGG and 445 nm diode lasers | 0.001 | 445 nm diode laser compared to control group | 0.558 | Both Er, Cr:YSGG and 445 nm diode lasers compared to the control group | 0.001 |
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Mann-Whitney test with Bonferroni correction. |