Table 2 Box plot values showing median, first quartile & third quartile.

From: Comparison of antibacterial effectiveness of three rotary file system with different geometry in infected root canals before and after instrumentation–a double-blinded randomized controlled clinical trial

Instrumentation groups

Median

First quartile

Third quartile

S1

S2

Fold difference (S1/S2)

S1

S2

Fold difference (S1/S2)

S1

S2

Fold difference (S1/S2)

ProTaper Next

2.64 × 107

7.03 × 104

2.27 × 102

8.35 × 106

3.30 × 104

1.23 × 101

1.03 × 108

2.24 × 105

5.42 × 102

ProTaper Gold

1.60 × 107

12.0 × 104

0.20 × 102

2.82 × 106

5.31 × 104

0.58 × 101

1.25 × 108

26.47 × 105

0.52 × 102

XP Endoshaper

1.81 × 107

7.54 × 104

1.94 × 102

7.21 × 106

4.60 × 104

1.91 × 101

1.43 × 108

3.33 × 105

32.60 × 102

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