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Table 2 Mean shear bond strength, standard deviations (SD), 95% confidence interval (CI) for mean, minimum (Min), maximum (Max) values for each group

From: Effects of different chlorhexidine pretreatments on adhesion of metal brackets in vitro

Groups

Mean ± SD (MPa)

95% CI

Min

Max

Control

37.1 ± 7.2 A

33.0 - 41.2

23.2

49.1

EC 40 Manuel

45.4 ± 5.5 A

42.3 - 48.6

34.9

56.5

EC 40 Professional

39.5 ± 9.7 A

34.0 - 44.9

19.9

51.4

Cervitec

6.2 ± 3.4 B

4.3 - 8.2

0.8

13.3

Corsodyl Plus

40.7 ± 8.0 A

36.2 - 45.1

28.5

56.1

Corsodyl

36.7 ± 10.3 A

30.9 - 42.5

16.6

54.2

  1. Means that are not significantly different are marked with the same capital letters.