Research Article

Influence of the Culture Medium in Dose-Response Effect of the Chlorhexidine on Streptococcus mutans Biofilms

Table 1

% means and standard deviations of dry weight in the biofilms growth according to the treatments.

GroupsDry weight (mg)
MHMHSUTYEB

Baseline 48 h2.13 (1.03)2.25 (0.29)3.05 (0.26)
Baseline 120 h1.75 (0.29)2.50 (0.82)20.49 (9.51)
CHX 0.0001%2.00 (0.18)2.23 (0.39)15.20 (5.02)
CHX 0.001%1.48 (0.31)1.98 (0.74)18.04 (5.42)
CHX 0.012%1.43 (0.37)1.10 (0.23)13.19 (2.05)
CHX 0.12%0.75 (0.29)0.88 (0.25)2.30 (0.82)

Means within lines followed by distinct capital letters and those in columns followed by lower case letters differ statistically by Tukey test ( < 0.05).