Research Article
Clinical and Antimicrobial Evaluation of Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. Dental Varnish in Children: A Clinical Study
Table 2
Amount of Streptococcus mutans, expressed as the logarithm of the number of CFU per mL of saliva, measured in saliva samples with dilution of 1 : 100 on days 0 (pretreatment), 90, 180, and 360 in patients treated with chlorhexidine, fluoride, and copaiba varnishes.
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SD, standard deviation; ANOVA, analysis of variance. The letters a and b denote statistically significant differences in relation to the chlorhexidine varnish on the same day, while the letter c indicates statistically significant difference in relation to the fluoride varnish on the same day (Tukey test). The letters u, v, and w designate statistically significant differences in relation to day 0 in the same group; the letters x and y denote statistically significant differences in relation to day 90 in the same group, while the letter z indicates statistically significant difference in relation to day 180 in the same group (Tukey test). |