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Table 1 Minimum, maximum, mean, and SD of shear bond strength values and statistical analysis of evaluated groups

From: Effect of different concentrations of papain gel on orthodontic bracket bonding

Groups

Minimum

Maximum

Mean (SD)

Significance

Statistics

(1) Control

0.2

16.6

3.3 (2.4)

(2) p = 0.277

A

    

(3) p = 0.126

 

(4) p = 0.117

 

(5) p = 0.019

 

(6) p = 0.017

(2) Papain 2%

2

11.2

5.7 (2.4)

(3) p = 0.999

A

(4) p = 0.998

 

(5) p = 0.867

 

(6) p = 0.852

(3) Papain 4%

2.1

12.3

6.1 (3.5)

(4) p = 1.00

A

(5) p = 0.976

 

(6) p = 0.972

(4) Papain 6%

0.2

16.3

6.1 (3.9)

(5) p = 0.981

A

(6) p = 0.977

(5) Papain 8%

2.3

15.7

6.9 (3.6)

(6) p = 1.00

B

(6) Papain 10%

3.4

10.3

7.0 (1.6)

 

B

  1. SD, Standard deviation. Equal letters correspond to the absence of statistical differences (p < 0.05).