Research Article
In Vitro Determination of Genotoxicity Induced by Brackets Alloys in Cultures of Human Gingival Fibroblasts
Table 3
Comparisons of the difference in genotoxicity among the different brackets alloys used.
| | Brackets alloys | Difference | value |
| | Stainless steel vs. Ni-Ti | 2.783 | <0.01 | | Stainless steel vs. Co-Cr | 0.081 | >0.05 | | Stainless steel vs. PC-Al2O3 | 0.023 | >0.05 | | Stainless steel vs. MC-Al2O3 | 0.027 | >0.05 | | Stainless steel vs. control | 0.593 | >0.05 | | Ni-Ti vs. Co-Cr | 2.864 | <0.001 | | Ni-Ti vs. PC-Al2O3 | 2.76 | >0.05 | | Ni-Ti vs. MC-Al2O3 | 2.756 | >0.05 | | Ni-Ti vs. control | 3.376 | <0.001 | | Co-Cr vs. PC-Al2O3 | 0.104 | >0.05 | | Co-Cr vs. MC-Al2O3 | 0.108 | <0.01 | | Co-Cr vs. control | 0.512 | >0.05 | | PC-Al2O3 vs. MC-Al2O3 | 0.004 | >0.05 | | PC-Al2O3 vs. control | 0.616 | <0.001 | | MN-Al2O3 vs. control | 0.620 | <0.001 |
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Dunn’s test. Ni-Ti: nickel-titanium; Co-Cr; cobalt chromium; PC-Al2O3: polycrystalline aluminium oxide; MC-Al2O3: monocrystalline aluminium oxide.
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