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 5

Mean diameter of dentinal tubules (nm) of the study groups after different self-etching techniques.

Subgroups; (self-etching techniques)	Healthy	Mild	Moderate	Severe
(1) Self-etch (SE)	3.02 ± 0.58	2.83 ± 0.54	3.16 ± 0.78	3.10 ± 0.54
(2) NaOCl/SE	2.75 ± 0.71	3.17 ± 1.22	3.45 ± 0.86	3.33 ± 0.51
(3) NaOCl/SE + NaAg	3.28 ± 0.57	2.97 ± 0.57	3.42 ± 0.74	3.31 ± 0.95

Results show means ± SD expressed in nanometers.