Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles against Clinical Biofilms from Patients with and without Dental Caries

Table 3

Antimicrobial activity of AgNPs and chlorhexidine on dental plaque from patients with and without dental caries.

	Caries ( subjects)	Control ( subjects)	Total
Gender
Male
Female
Antimicrobial treatments
AgNP 5.2 nm	^,a,b	^a,b	^a,b
AgNP 37.4 nm	^a,c	^a,c	^a,c
CHX	^b,c	^b,c	^b,c
Total

All results are expressed in micrograms per milliliter (μg/mL), mean and standard deviation. For rows, one asterisk indicates significant differences with the control group (). For columns, similar letters indicate significant differences ().