21 April 2025 : Laboratory Research
Retention of 3-D-Printed, Milled, and Conventionally Fabricated Occlusal Splints
Khalil Ibrahim Assiri1ABCDEFG, Nasser M. Alqahtani2ACDEFG, Mohamed Khaled Addas2ABCDEFG, Mohammad Zarbah2ADFG, Ali Mosfer Alqahtani1ADFG, Faisal Awad Aziz Alamri3ADFG, Mudita Chaturvedi4ADEF, Saurabh Chaturvedi2ABCDEFG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.947342
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e947342
Table 2 Comparison of mean retentive forces among the groups using one-way ANOVA.
Groups | N | Mean | SD | F | df | p |
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Conventional Occlusal Splint | 40 | 16.49 | 4.94 | 110 | 2 | 0.001* |
Milled Occlusal Splint | 40 | 6.42 | 2.13 | |||
3D Occlusal Splint | 40 | 4.42 | 1.53 | |||
* Statistically significant at 5% level. |