Table 5 Statistical analysis of dentine bridge score.

From: Histopathologic responses of the dental pulp to an experimental calcium aluminate–calcium silicate based capping material in comparison to mineral trioxide aggregate

Time

Dentine bridge score

n (%)

Test statistic

p-value

Experimental calcium aluminate

MTA

Positive control

Negative control

1 Month

Score (1)

5 (35.71%)B

4 (28.57%)B

14 (100.00%)B

0 (0.00%)A

43.51

< 0.001*

Score (2)

9 (64.29%)

10 (71.43%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Score (3)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

14 (100.00%)

3 Months

Score (1)

1 (7.14%)A

0 (0.00%)A

14 (100.00%)B

0 (0.00%)A

41.95

< 0.001*

Score (2)

7 (50.00%)

3 (21.43%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

Score (3)

6 (42.86%)

11 (78.57%)

0 (0.00%)

14 (100.00%)

Test statistic

153.00

181.00

NA

NA

  

p-value

0.005*

 < 0.001*

NA

NA

  
  1. NA Not applicable. Values with different superscripts within the same horizontal row are significantly different, * significant (p < 0.05). Significant values are in bold.