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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2012 Jul;143(7):746–755. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.2012.0262

TABLE 5.

Multivariate logistic regression model of risk factors for restorative failure.

RISK FACTOR ODDS RATIO (95% CI*) P VALUE OVERALL P VALUE

Restoration Type
Full-coverage crown 1.00 < .01
Intracoronal 4.04 (2.79–5.86) < .01

Number of Existing Contacts
Zero 1.00 < .01
One 0.42 (0.19–0.96) .04
Two 0.27 (0.12–0.59) < .01

Connective-Tissue Attachment Loss
No 1.00 < .01
Yes 2.10 (1.27–3.49) < .01

Patient Age 0.98 (0.97–1.00) .01 .01

Tooth Type
Molar 1.00 .04
Premolar 1.69 (1.10–2.60) .01
Canine or incisor 1.50 (0.93–2.42) .10

Ethnicity
Not Hispanic or unknown 1.00 .04
Hispanic 1.81 (1.02–3.22) .04

Clinician Who Performed Endodontic Treatment
General practitioner 1.00 .04
Specialist 0.63 (0.41–0.99) .04
*

CI: Confidence interval.