TABLE 3.

Time required for each manual step and the total manual fabrication time for three methods.

Procedure	Impression compound trimming (s)	Light curing (s)	CAD and 3DP (s)	F	P-value
Initial Preparation	307.28 ± 12.15	482.36 ± 34.21*	427.63 ± 10.88*#	168.52	<0.001
Core Fabrication	1795.34 ± 76.42	634.19 ± 45.83*	763.19 ± 32.74*#	432.17	<0.001
Post-Processing	496.85 ± 27.15	589.47 ± 38.62*	199.83 ± 12.25*#	245.89	<0.001
Total manual fabrication time	2,578.92 ± 113.45	1705.92 ± 118.76*	1,403.74 ± 81.63*#	385.74	<0.001

Note: All data are expressed as means ± standard deviations. CAD, computer-aided design; 3DP, three-dimensional printing. * Compared to Impression compound trimming group, P < 0.05. # Compared to Light curing group, P < 0.05.