Table 1: Shows the mean and standard deviation of each group for remnants of gutta-percha/sealer and GuttaFlow across all systems and regions, as well as the total results.
Region | System | Groups | ||
Mean ± SD | ||||
A* | B* | Mean (A*, B*) | ||
Coronal | Reciproc | 22.91ABa ± 11.34 | 11.7Ab ± 11.54 | 17.31A ± 12.53 |
PTN | 25.3Aa ± 14.22 | 11.42Ab ± 12.49 | 18.36A ± 14.84 | |
R-Endo | 15.28Ba ± 14.07 | 12.06Aa ± 13.09 | 13.67A ± 13.34 | |
Mean (Rec, PTN, R-Endo) | 21.16a ± 13.46 | 11.73b ± 11.96 | ||
Middle | Reciproc | 14.71Aa ± 12.35 | 14.17Aa ± 16.1 | 14.44A ± 13.97 |
PTN | 20.91Aa ± 13.81 | 11.5Aa ± 12.2 | 16.2A ± 13.57 | |
R-Endo | 11.09Aa ± 7.28 | 10.05Aa ± 12.05 | 10.57A ± 9.73 | |
Mean (Rec, PTN, R-Endo) | 15.57a ± 11.97 | 11.9a ± 13.16 | ||
Apical | Reciproc | 25.57Aa ± 13.06 | 14.73Ab ± 13.47 | 20.15A ± 14.3 |
PTN | 25.58Aa ± 11.48 | 9.79Ab ± 10.07 | 17.69AB ± 13.27 | |
R-Endo | 13.34Ba ± 9.36 | 12.14Aa ± 9.86 | 12.74B ± 9.38 | |
Mean (Rec, PTN, R-Endo) | 21.5a ± 12.54 | 12.22b ±11.05 | ||
Total | Reciproc | 63.19Aa ± 16.65 | 40.6Ab ± 11.24 | 51.89A ± 18.04 |
PTN | 71.79Aa ± 17.18 | 32.71Ab ± 21.21 | 52.25A ± 26.65 | |
R-Endo | 39.71Ba ± 12.96 | 34.25Aa ± 15.39 | 36.98B ± 14.13 | |
Mean (Rec, PTN, R-Endo) | 58.23a ± 19.77 | 35.85b ± 16.26 |
Means with the same letter are not significantly different from each other; lowercase letters indicate significant differences between groups (P < 0.05); uppercase letters indicate significant differences among systems (P < 0.05) A* = Gutta-percha/Sealer; B* = GuttaFlow.