Treatment | Smooth-surface caries | Sulcal-surface caries | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
E | E | Ds | Dm | Dx | |
Distilled water | 10.3 (2.1)a | 36.5 (4.6)a | 21.8 (2.3)a | 8.8 (1.3)a | 0.7 (0.8)a |
15% Ethanol | 9.6 (2.0)a | 35.3 (1.7)ac | 21.5 (3.7)a | 8.9 (2.4)a | 0.5 (0.5)a |
Farnesol | 7.9 (2.6)ac | 33.4 (1.9)ac | 20.8 (3.4)a | 9.4 (2.6)a | 0.5 (0.7)a |
Farnesal | 6.9 (2.2)ac | 32.2 (1.9)acd | 17.2 (1.6)ac | 7.6 (1.7)a | n.d. |
Chlorhexidine | 2.2 (1.2)bd | 25 (2.7)b | 12.6 (2.7)bc | 3.3 (1.4)bcde | n.d. |
Blank PMs | 9.9 (2.4)a | 34.7 (2.2)ac | 21.3 (5.2)a | 7.7 (2.4)a | 0.4 (0.4)a |
Far-PMs | 5.1 (2.2)bc | 32.7 (2.7)ac | 17.1 (0.5)ac | 6.7 (1.5)ac | n.d. |
PPi-Far-PMs | 3.7 (2.5)bcd | 26.7 (1.7)bd | 14.2 (1.9)bd | 2.7 (1.2)bde | n.d. |