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Table 1 Mean optical density of adhesive eluents at different time intervals

From: In vitro antibacterial effect of fifth generation dentin bonding agent incorporated with nisin on Streptococcus mutans

Time/

groups

20 min

40 min

60 min

80 min

100 min

120 min

Control

0.34 ± 0.04a

0.46 ± 0.04a

0.662 ± 0.008a

0.79 ± 0.008a

0.83 ± 0.004a

0.83 ± 0.008a

NBA 1

0.13 ± 0.005b

0.304 ± 0.015b

0.486 ± 0.005b

0.61 ± 0.008b

0.63 ± 0.0006b

0.62 ± 0.001b

NBA 5

0.029 ± 0.002c

0.158 ± 0.004c

0.30 ± 0.007c

0.47 ± 0.001c

0.50 ± 0.037c

0.50 ± 0.007c

  1. In each column, different superscript letters denote statistical significance