The Effect of the Addition of Tricalcium Phosphate to 5% Sodium Fluoride Varnishes on the Microhardness of Enamel of Primary Teeth

Table 1

Surface microhardness (SMH) values of different groups*.

	Mean SMH	Std. deviation	Std. error	Minimum	Maximum	𝐹	Sig**
Control	1862.23	646.717	118.073	1278.00	3818.00
fTCP	2380.46	709.596	129.554	1543.00	4117.00	4.848	0.010***
5% NaF	2185.33	591.580	108.007	1416.00	3967.00
Total	2142.67	678.653	71.536	1278.00	4117.00

∗SMH values measured in KHN.
∗∗Significance calculated using the one-way ANOVA.
∗∗∗Differences significant at 𝑃<0.05.