Discoloration of Roots Caused by Residual Endodontic Intracanal Medicaments

Table 3

Results for normalized luminosity following 4 weeks of paste treatment. Please note lower luminosity values indicate discolouration.

Groups	Baseline	1 month	3 months	6 months
Ledermix-Needle	1.05	0.78	0.72	0.60
	(0.06)	(0.05)	(0.08)	(0.08)
Ledermix-EndoActivator	1.07	0.82	0.75	0.65
	(0.06)	(0.03)	(0.07)	(0.07)
Doxypaste-Needle	1.05	0.93	0.93	0.80
	(0.08)	(0.04)	(0.05)	(0.05)
Doxypaste-EndoActivator	1.08	0.95	0.94	0.83
	(0.06)	(0.03)	(0.03)	(0.03)
Odontopaste-Needle	1.10	1.03	1.02	0.91
	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.03)	(0.05)
Odontopaste-EndoActivator	1.06	1.00	1.00	0.89
	(0.06)	(0.04)	(0.05)	(0.05)
Control	1.07	1.04	1.02	0.91
	(0.05)	(0.05)	(0.07)	(0.05)

Data show mean and standard deviations.