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Table 1 The mean grey values of each image of aligners cleaned by each of the nine cleaning strategies in each of the five patients, showing the mean calculated for each cleaning method

From: Comparative SEM analysis of nine F22 aligner cleaning strategies

 

Method 1

Method 2

Method 3

Method 4

Method 5

Method 6

Method 7

Method 8

Method 9

PT 1

143.618

126.714

111.379

112.007

109.033

124.756

132.793

117.481

81.492

PT 2

154.730

115.470

111.380

109.226

109.219

132.481

131.457

114.486

83.033

PT 3

140.032

107.871

112.168

140.546

133.622

107.512

125.045

129.604

84.454

PT 4

163.922

114.175

131.064

108.467

145.483

138.692

117.787

119.598

80.219

PT 5

147.972

122.249

134.454

130.679

141.776

134.050

108.033

116.978

73.534

MEAN

150.055

117.296

120.089

120.185

127.827

127.498

123.023

119.629

80.546