Research Article

Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Effect of Mineral Trioxide Aggregate Mixed with Fluorohydroxyapatite against E. faecalis In Vitro

Table 2

The means and standard deviations of colony counts (CFU/mL) based on the BIA test in the study groups.

Microbial testGroupsAfter 24 hoursAfter 72 hours
MeanSDMinMaxMeanSDMinMax

BIAMTA28.33 × 1042.51 × 10426 × 10431 × 10441 × 1044.58 × 10436 × 10445 × 104
MTA-10% FHA26 × 1041.73 × 10424 × 10427 × 10429 × 1042.64 × 10426 × 10431 × 104
MTA-15% FHA21 × 1042.64 × 10418 × 10423 × 10423.33 × 1043.51 × 10420 × 10427 × 104