The Ablation Properties of CO₂ Laser Irradiating to Absorption Media: An In Vitro Study

Table 2

The histologically affected borders by the groups.

Group	Depth of vaporization (DV)			Depth of vertically affected; border (DB)			Width of horizontally; affected border (WB)
	mean	SD	95% CI	mean	SD	95% CI	mean	SD	95% CI
1	218.56	195.39	78.79 to 358.34	287.81	132.95	192.70 to 382.91	369.15	60.76	325.68 to; 412.61
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	392.92	207.13	244.76 to 541.10	395.75	163.88	278.52 to; 512.98	587.32	79.39	530.52 to; 644.11
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	981.04	685.53	490.64 to 1471.44	697.91	332.58	460 to; 935.82	617.07	61.75	572.9 to; 661.25
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

SD: standard deviation, 95% CI = 95% confident interval.
Group 1: 1 W defocused CO₂ laser irradiation.
Group 2: 1 W defocused CO₂ laser irradiation with absorption media.
Group 3: 2 W defocused CO₂ laser irradiation.
Group 4: 2 Wt defocused CO₂ laser irradiation with absorption media.
Group 5: 3 W defocused CO₂ laser irradiation.
Group 6: 3 W defocused CO₂ laser irradiation with absorption media.
Group 7: Absorption media alone.