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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dent. 2014 Sep 16;42(12):1528–1534. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2014.09.005

Table 3.

Regression coefficients for restoration characteristics for dentists who placed and did not place the original restoration

Restoration
Characteristics 		Original dentists who placed the original
restorations		 Restoration
Characteristics 		New dentist who did not place the original
restoration
β (Std. Error) p-value OR (95% CI) β (Std. Error) p-value OR (95% CI)
Tooth site (molar) (more likely to repair) 0.750 (0.116) <0.001 2.2 (1.7–2.6) Tooth site (molar) (more likely to repair) 0.318 (.073) 0.002 1.3 (1.1–1.6)
Material (amalgam) (less likely to repair) −0.646 (0.112) <0.001 0.5 (0.4–0.6) Material (amalgam) (less likely to repair) −0.997 (0.071) <0.001 0.4 (0.3–0.4)
Fractured restoration (less likely to repair) −0.200 (0.101) 0.001 0.8 (0.7–0.9) Fractured restoration (less likely to repair) 0.003 (0.086) 0.973 1.0 (0.9–1.1)