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 4
Pairwise comparisons of the groups regarding the percentage of reduction in colony count using Tukey’s test.
Group (I)
Group (J)
Mean difference (I − J)
Std. error
Sig.
95% Confidence interval
Lower bound
Upper bound
Laser + curcumin
Laser + MB
0.91
1.90
0.989
−4.50
6.33
Diode laser
1.90
<0.001
4.39
15.23
Cold plasma
1.90
<0.001
−14.14
−3.30
Hypochlorite
1.90
<0.001
−14.55
−3.71
Laser + MB
Curcumin
−0.91
1.90
0.98
−6.33
4.50
Diode laser
1.90
<0.001
3.48
14.32
Cold plasma
1.90
<0.001
−15.05
−4.21
Hypochlorite
1.90
<0.001
−15.46
−4.62
Diode laser
Curcumin
1.90
<0.001
−15.23
−4.39
Laser + MB
1.90
<0.001
−14.32
−3.48
Cold plasma
1.90
<0.001
−23.95
−13.12
Hypochlorite
1.90
<0.001
−24.37
−13.53
Cold plasma
Curcumin
1.90
<0.001
3.30
14.14
Laser + MB
1.90
<0.001
4.21
15.05
Diode laser
1.90
<0.001
13.12
23.95
Hypochlorite
−0.41
1.90
1.00
−5.83
5.00
Hypochlorite
Curcumin
1.90
<0.001
3.71
14.55
Laser + MB
1.90
<0.001
4.62
15.46
Diode laser
1.90
<0.001
13.53
24.37
Cold plasma
0.41
1.90
1.00
−5.00
5.83
The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.
