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

Table 2

% means and standard deviations of viable bacteria (CFU) in the biofilms growth according to the treatments.


Groups	CFU
Groups	MH	MHS	UTYEB

Baseline 48 h	1.03E + 08 (1.44E + 07)	1.25E + 08 (1.00E + 07)	4.50E + 07 (1.41E + 07)
Baseline 120 h	8.17E + 07 (1.01E + 07)	1.00E + 08 (4.77E + 07)	5.46E + 08 (5.89E + 07)
CHX 0.0001%	8.17E + 07 (2.93E + 07)	9.83E + 07 (5.43E + 07)	3.60E + 08 (4.34E + 07)
CHX 0.001%	5.67E + 06 (8.78E + 05)	7.42E + 06 (2.93E + 06)	3.39E + 08 (4.16E + 07)
CHX 0.012%	8.92E + 05 (8.04E + 04)	9.17E + 05 (3.82E + 04)	1.60E + 08 (5.88E + 07)
CHX 0.12%	8.33E + 02 (2.89E + 02)	8.58E + 02 (8.43E + 02)	1.58E + 02 (5.20E + 01)

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