Table 3 Means and standard deviations (SD) of LOG10 of bacterial counts for different groups
Variables | S. mutans | p value | S. sobrinus | p value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No laser irradiation | Laser irradiation | No laser irradiation | Laser irradiation | |||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Group I (MI paste Plus) | 5.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 | 0.85 | 0.005* | 5.00 | 0.00 | 3.20 | 0.63 | 0.004* |
Group II (Clove) | 5.00 | 0.00 | 1.90 | 0.88 | 0.005* | 5.00 | 0.00 | 2.10 | 0.99 | 0.005* |
Group III (Turm-eric) | 5.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.82 | 0.005* | 5.00 | 0.00 | 2.10 | 0.99 | 0.005* |
Group IV (Garlic) | 5.00 | 0.00 | 2.10 | 0.88 | 0.005* | 5.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.99 | 0.005* |
p value | 1 ns | 0.028* | 1 ns | 0.024* | ||||||