Research Article

Antibacterial Efficacy of Cold Atmospheric Plasma, Photodynamic Therapy with Two Photosensitizers, and Diode Laser on Primary Mandibular Second Molar Root Canals Infected with Enterococcus faecalis: An In Vitro Study

Table 1

Colony count before the intervention (log CFUs/mL) (n = 10).

95% Confidence interval for meanMinimumMaximum
Lower boundUpper bound

Laser + curcumin8.610.040.018.588.648.568.69
Laser + MB8.610.020.0088.598.638.588.65
Diode laser8.620.040.018.598.658.568.70
Cold plasma8.600.050.018.568.648.558.68
Hypochlorite8.600.020.0088.588.628.588.68
Total8.610.030.0058.608.628.558.70