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Table 1 Cumulative CHX release for specimens with differing levels of nanoparticle substitution at each of 5 time points

From: Development of a novel antimicrobial-releasing glass ionomer cement functionalized with chlorhexidine hexametaphosphate nanoparticles

 

Cumulative CHX release [nmol.mm-2] (standard deviation in parentheses)

NP substitution [%]

1 h

24 h

8 days

15 days

33 days

0

0.01 (0.003)a

0.01 (0.02)a

0.11 (0.06)a

0.12 (0.07)a

0.16 (0.08)a

1

0.16 (0.08)a, b

0.20 (0.09)a, b

0.48 (0.15)a, b

0.56 (0.16)a, b

0.65 (0.17)a, b

2

0.66 (0.18)b

0.70 (0.19)b

1.04 (0.21)b

1.17 (0.22)b

1.30 (0.24)b

5

1.30 (0.24)c

1.39 (0.25)c

2.03 (0.34)c

2.30 (0.36)c

2.51 (0.38)c

10

2.52 (0.38)d

2.65 (0.40)d

3.40 (0.43)d

3.73 (0.44)d

4.01 (0.45)d

20

4.02 (0.48)e

4.20 (0.50)e

5.09 (0.55)e

5.46 (0.59)e

5.94 (0.67)e

  1. Within each time point, superscript letters indicate statistically homogeneous groups, so figures with different superscript letters are statistically significantly different to a 95% confidence level at that time.