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 6

Mean amount of dentinal tubules of the study groups after different self-etching techniques.

Subgroups; (self-etching techniques)	Healthy	Mild	Moderate	Severe
(1) Self-etch (SE)	32.73 ± 28.41	57.11 ± 17.34	45.80 ± 17.53	31.10 ± 16.87
(2) NaOCl/SE	42.70 ± 24.29	49.01 ± 19.19	40.05 ± 25.86	16.43 ± 15.49
(3) NaOCl/SE + NaAg	41.25 ± 26.12	52.06 ± 19.49	31.03 ± 23.84	19.45 ± 18.82

Results show means ± SD expressed in amount in the area of 50 × 50 um.