Sodium Hypochlorite as Fluorotic Dentin Pretreatment of Two-Step Self-Etch Adhesive with Silver Nanoparticle: Atomic Force Microscope and Adhesive Microtensile Bond Strength Evaluation

Table 3

Mean roughness () of study groups after different self-etching techniques.

Subgroups; (self-etching techniques)	Healthy	Mild	Moderate	Severe
(1) Self-etch (SE)	390.83 ± 101.04	312.18 ± 100.69	296.14 ± 103.87	311.30 ± 105.23
(2) NaOCl/SE	376.64 ± 100.82	335.55 ± 100.11	320.57 ± 106.71	372.28 ± 105.54
(3) NaOCl/SE + NaAg	361.94 ± 100.53	369.63 ± 101.95	357.48 ± 104.24	286.57 ± 103.13

Results show means ± SD expressed in nanometers.