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 3 Pairwise comparisons of retentive forces by Tukey’s post hoc test.
| Conventional Occlusal Splint | Milled Occlusal Splint | 3D Occlusal Splint | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional Occlusal Splint | Mean difference | – | 10.1 | 12.07 |
| value | – | 0.001* | 0.001* | |
| Milled Occlusal Splint | Mean difference | – | – | 2 |
| value | – | – | 0.018* | |
| 3D Occlusal Splint | Mean difference | – | – | – |
| value | – | – | – | |
| * Statistically significant at 5% level. | ||||