Table 6.
RADIOGRAPHIC SUCCESS RATE AT 6, 12, 18, AND 24 MONTHS*
| Time (mos) | Material n (%) |
Outcome |
Total n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Success n (%) |
Failure n (%) |
|||
| 6 (n=222) | DFC | 97 (85) | 17 (15) | 114 (51) |
| GMTA | 103 (95) | 5 (5) | 108 (49) | |
| FET=0.01 † | ||||
| 12 (n=186) | DFC | 73 (81) | 17 (19) | 90 (48) |
| GMTA | 89(93) | 7 (7) | 96 (52) | |
| FET=0.03 † | ||||
| 18 (n=155) | DFC | 61 (78) | 17 (22) | 78 (50) |
| GMTA | 73 (95) | 4 (5) | 77 (50) | |
| FET <001 † | ||||
| 24 (n=131) | DFC | 50 (76) | 16 (24) | 66 (50) |
| GMTA | 62 (95) | 3 (5) | 65 (50) | |
| FET <0.01 † | ||||
| Combined (n=694) |
DFC | 281 (81) | 67 (19) | 348 (50) |
| GMTA | 327 (95) | 19 (5) | 346 (50) | |
| FET <0.01 † | ||||
*
DFC=diluted formocresol; GMTA=gray mineral trioxide aggregate; df=degree of freedom.
†
Statistically significant at the FET ≤.05 level.