Evaluation of the Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activity of Epiphany ...
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Egyptian Journal <strong>of</strong> Medical Microbiology, January 2007 Vol. 16, No. 1<br />
Table 2: Mean <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ard deviation <strong>of</strong> viable cells after exposure to different sealers at 0-h (fresh) <strong>and</strong> 24-h.<br />
0-h 24-h<br />
Material mean value SD mean value SD<br />
<strong>Epiphany</strong> 28.1 a 0.4 30.5 a 0.83<br />
EndoFill 27.3 a 1.36 29.3 a 1.36<br />
Apexit 29.8 a 2.71 32.6 a 1.63<br />
Ketac-Endo 18.8 c 0.752 22.3 c 3.26<br />
AH-26 19.3 c 1.21 25.6 c 0 .516<br />
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Values are means ± SD. Different superscript letters (a-c) indicate groups that are significantly<br />
different (p≤0.05). Groups identified with <strong>the</strong> same superscript letters are not significantly<br />
different (p>0.05).<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
% <strong>of</strong> viability.<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
0 h<br />
24 h<br />
5<br />
0<br />
<strong>Epiphany</strong> EndoFill Apexit Ketac-<br />
Endo<br />
Root canal Sealers<br />
AH-26<br />
Fig. 5: Histogram representing <strong>the</strong> Percentage <strong>of</strong> fibroblast cells viability after exposure to<br />
different sealers<br />
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