03 November 2022 : Laboratory Research
Evaluation of Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Dental Cement Materials on Growth of Different Bacterial Strains
Zana D. Lila-Krasniqi
1BEF, Rrezarta Bajrami Halili2BDF, Valeza Hamza3BCD, Sokol Krasniqi 3AD*
DOI: 10.12659/MSMBR.937893
Med Sci Monit Basic Res 2022; 28:e937893
Table 2 Mean zones of inhibition (diameter in mm) ± standard deviation for respective cement material according to the disk diffusion method.
| Total | Inhibition zone [mm] | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streptococcus mutans (n=60) | Streptococcus salivarius (n=60) | Enterococcus faecalis (n=60) | Lactobacilus acidophilus (n=60) | |||
| Ketac | 6.67±2.07 | 8.71±2.00 | 7.59±1.60 | 5.15±0.71 | 5.23±0.92 | <0.001 |
| Harvard FLB | 6.90±1.70 | 8.91±1.48 | 6.52±1.36 | 5.65±0.74 | 6.49±1.11 | <0.001 |
| Panavia SA Universal Dual Resin | 8.07±1.64 | 9.27±2.02 | 7.67±1.42 | 6.71±0.74 | 8.61±0.88 | <0.001 |
| Negative control | 0.0±0.0 | 0.0±0.0 | 0.0±0.0 | 0.0±0.0 | 0.0±0.0 | 1.000 |
| value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |