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Table 2 Cumulative fluoride 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 fluoride release [ng.mm-2] (standard deviation in parentheses)

NP substitution [%]

1 h

24 h

8 days

15 days

33 days

0

7.38 (1.69)a

27.65 (0.85)a

85.82 (5.68)a

119.9 (11.0)a

154.5 (14.3)a, b

1

2.61 (1.11)b

18.59 (3.12)a, b

70.72 (8.40)a

106.9 (14.1)a

148.1 (16.6)a

2

1.68 (0.73)b

17.10 (2.33)b

64.30 (7.68)a

101.1 (12.2)a

147.5 (15.7)a

5

1.74 (0.70)b

19.31 (4.32)a, b

82.67 (7.49)a

124.2 (9.2)a

181.4 (14.0)a, b

10

1.83 (0.96)b

18.73 (9.50)a, b

81.73 (30.22)a

122.8 (39.3)a

184.4 (49.8)a, b

20

2.09 (0.34)b

23.74 (5.89)a, b

81.73 (13.15)a

134.6 (19.2)a

204.4 (23.4)b

  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.