Effect of a Copaiba Oil-Based Dental Biomodifier on the Inhibition of Metalloproteinase in Adhesive Restoration

Table 3

Comparison in relation to groups for each measure of the Adper Single Bond 2™ adhesive system, Manaus, AM.

Groups	Measure
	Left		Middle		Right
	Med	Di	Med	Di	Med	Di
Negative control	4.5	30.0	5.5	26.2	11.5^a	19.2
Chlorhexidine	4.0	39.8	12.0	18.0	23.5^ab	47.3
Emulsion	53.5	89.3	50.5	99.8	56.5^b	75.0
	0.124		0.272		0.040

Med: median; Di: interquartile deviation; Kruskal–Wallis test.