04 November 2023>: Clinical Research
Comparative Evaluation of Dimensional and Occlusal Accuracy of Non-Working Antagonist Casts: A Study on Different Impression Materials and 3D Printing
Bandar M.A. Al-Makramani 1ABCEF* , Mohammed E. Sayed 1ABCEG , Fuad A. Al-Sanabani 1ABDEF , Khurshid Ahmed Mattoo 1ABCEF , Nasser M. Alqahtani 2ACDEG , Saeed M. Alqahtani 2ACDEG , Hossam F. Jokhadar 3ACDEG , Saad Saleh AlResayes 4ACDEF , Mohammad Alamri 5ADEFG , Mohammed H. AlWadei 5CDEFG , Khalid Motlaq 56CDEF , Faisal Hasan Alshehri 5CDEFG , Ahid Amer Alshahrani 7CDEF , Rami Eshaq 8BCDEFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.941654
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941654
Table 3 One-sample t test showing the dispersion of the measurements and relative differences of each group measurement against the test values of the Articulated Master model.
t(df) | Mean diff. (95% CI) | P value# | |
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AL(C) | 2.89(9) | 0.17 (0.04, 0.30) | 0.018* |
AL(E) | −0.62(9) | −0.04 (−0.17, 0.10) | 0.551 (NS) |
AL(F) | 1.28(9) | 0.06 (−0.05, 0.17) | 0.233 (NS) |
3D-C | 3.72(9) | 0.38 (0.15, 0.62) | 0.005** |
AL(C) | 9.00(9) | 0.42 (0.31, 0.53) | 0.001** |
AL(E) | 5.96(9) | 0.23 (0.14, 032) | 0.001** |
AL(F) | 2.90(9) | 0.20 (0.04, 0.35) | 0.018* |
3D-C | 6.89(9) | 0.56 (0.38, 0.75) | 0.001** |
AL(C) | 4.53(9) | 0.34 (0.17, 0.51) | 0.001** |
AL(E) | 1.07(9) | 0.08 (−0.09, 0.25) | 0.313 (NS) |
AL(F) | 3.65(9) | 0.27 (0.10, 0.43) | 0.005** |
3D-C | 3.70(9) | 0.27 (0.11, 0.44) | 0.005** |
AL(C) – conventional alginate; AL(E) – extended pour alginate; AL(F) – alginate free; 3D-C – three-dimensional printed cast; df – degree of freedom; CI – confidence interval. # One way ‘t’ test. Levels of significance: NS (not-significant) =P≥0.05; * Significant=P≤0.05; ** Very significant=P≤0.01; *** Highly significant=P≤0.001. |