Research Article

A Comparative Evaluation of the Apically Extruded Debris from Root Canals Prepared by R-Motion NiTi File System

Table 1

The mean, standard deviation (SD), standard error (SE), median, minimum (Min), and maximum (Max) amounts of apically extruded debris by all tested groups in (mg).

GroupsMean (mg)SDSEMedianMinMaxP-values

RM (I)0.000150.000080.000020.000160.000040.00032
WOG (II)0.000250.000120.000030.000230.000100.000540.032
PTN (III)0.000320.000180.000040.000290.000100.00076
HFEDM (IV)0.000230.000170.000040.000180.000080.00066

Note. The significant level set at , the Kruskal–Willis test suggested that there was a significant difference between the tested groups, as the P-value was less than 0.05.