Comparison of the Antifungal Efficacy of 1.3% NaOCl/MTAD with Other Routine Irrigants: An Ex-Vivo Study

Table 1

Mean change in the cfuMl⁻¹ between the 1st and 2nd microbial samplings for the test irrigants and the positive control using Wilcoxon’s sign ranked sum test.

Groups	Paired differences
	Mean	Std. deviation
Group A
A1 (2.5% NaOCl)	−25.0000	218.89876	0.705
A2 (1.3% NaOCl/MTAD)	−150.0000	357.46018	0.150
A3^* (IKI)	−200	258.19889	0.039
A4 (2% CHX)	−50.0000	437.79752	0.863
A5^* (physiologic saline)	−12300.0000	4334.61520	0.005

Significant change in the cfu/mL between the first and the second microbial samplings.