Photoactivation of Curcumin Doped Poly-Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid Nanoparticles in Rat Model with Fixed Orthodontic Appliances

Table 4

Results from comparisons of CFU/mL of S. mutans between treatment groups with each other at each of the intervals, based on the Kruskal-Wallis test.

	Time intervals
	D0	D4	D7	D15	D30
Kruskal-wallis	6.28	15.57	17.85	17.60	17.85
df	3	3	3	3	3
Asymp. Sig	.099	.001	.000	.001	.000

D0: as a control, D4: fourth day, D7: seventh day, D15: fifteenth day, and D30: thirtieth day.