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 4

Mean depth of study groups after different self-etching techniques.

Subgroups; (self-etching techniques)	Healthy	Mild	Moderate	Severe
(1) Self-etch (SE)	−2.11 ± 0.71	−1.56 ± 0.61	−1.62 ± 0.47	−1.68 ± 0.59
(2) NaOCl/SE	−2.41 ± 0.83	−2.04 ± 0.43	−2.01 ± 0.70	−2.04 ± 0.80
(3) NaOCl/SE + NaAg	−2.06 ± 0.32	−1.96 ± 0.67	−2.03 ± 0.41	−2.70 ± −1.91

Results show means ± SD expressed in nanometers. An asterisk () indicates a statistically significant difference () with control subgroup by using ANOVA test.