Table 7.
INFLUENCE OF ARCH TYPE, MOLAR TYPE, GENDER, AND LOCALE OF TREATMENT ON OUTCOMES OBSERVED AT COMBINED 6 TO 24 MONTHS
| Arch type | Material | Outcome |
Total n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Success n (%) |
Failure n (%) |
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| Maxilla | DFC | 103 (82) | 22 (18) | 125 (48) |
| MTA | 131 (98) | 3 (2) | 134 (52) | |
| Mandible | DFC | 178 (80) | 45 (20) | 223 (51) |
| MTA | 196 (92) | 16 (8) | 212 (49) | |
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| Maxilla DFC vs GMTA: FET <0.01† | ||||
| Mandible DFC vs GMTA: FET <0.01† | ||||
| DFC maxilla vs mandible: chi-square (1 df)=0.66, FET=0.67 | ||||
| GMTA maxilla vs mandible: FET=0.05 | ||||
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| First | DFC | 152 (84) | 28 (16) | 180 (56) |
| MTA | 136 (96) | 6 (4) | 142 (44) | |
| Second | DFC | 129 (77) | 39 (23) | 168 (45) |
| MTA | 191 (94) | 13 (6) | 204 (55) | |
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| First molar DFC vs GMTA: chi-square (1 df) <0.01, † FET <0.01† | ||||
| Second molar DFC vs GMTA: chi-square (1 df) <0.01, † FET <0.01† | ||||
| DFC first vs second: chi-square (1 df)=0.09, FET=0.08 | ||||
| GMTA first vs second: chi-square (1 df)=0.53, FET=0.48 | ||||
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| Female | DFC | 132 (80) | 32 (20) | 164 (48) |
| GMTA | 170 (97) | 6 (3) | 176 (52) | |
| Male | DFC | 149 (81) | 35 (19) | 184 (52) |
| GMTA | 157 (92) | 13 (8) | 170 (48) | |
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| Female DFC vs GMTA: chi-square (1 df) <0.01, † FET <0.01† | ||||
| Male DFC vs GMTA: chi-square (1 df) <0.01, † FET <0.01† | ||||
| DFC female vs male: chi-square (1 df)=0.91, FET=0.1 | ||||
| GMTA female vs male: chi-square (1 df)=0.14, FET=0.10 | ||||
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| Clinic | DFC | 230 (84) | 45 (16) | 275 (49) |
| MTA | 271 (95) | 14 (5) | 285 (51) | |
| Operating room | DFC | 51 (70) | 22 (30) | 73 (54) |
| MTA | 56 (92) | 5 (8) | 61 (46) | |
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| Clinic DFC vs GMTA: chi-square (1 df) <0.01, † FET <0.01† | ||||
| Operating room DFC vs GMTA: chi-square (1 df) <0.01, † FET <0.01† | ||||
| DFC clinic vs operating room: chi-square (1 df) <0.01, † FET <0.01† | ||||
| GMTA clinic vs operating room: chi-square (1 df) <0.48, FET <0.35 | ||||
*
Chi-square=Pearson, 2-tailed; 1 df=1 degree of freedom; FET=Fisher’s exact test, 2-tailed; DFC=diluted formocresol; GMTA=gray mineral trioxide aggregate.
†
Statistically significant at the P<.05 level.