Table 2. Mean and standard deviation (SD) descriptive statistics of marginal and internal gaps (µm) for LW, SM, and AM groups of premolar and molar (n = 10).
Measurement area | Premolar | P valuec | Molar | P valuec | ||||||||||
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LW | SM | AM | LW | SM | AM | |||||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Marginal gap | 54.19a | 36.23 | 51.44a | 35.93 | 99.06b | 60.53 | .007 | 63.87a | 39.32 | 48.73a | 34.44 | 115.48b | 62.57 | .001 |
Chamfer gap | 69.50ab | 44.27 | 63.30a | 38.40 | 107.75b | 56.10 | .011 | 75.62a | 41.16 | 59.57a | 33.52 | 124.35b | 59.45 | .001 |
Axial wall gap | 102.63 | 30.85 | 85.43 | 43.19 | 90.81 | 34.83 | .246 | 101.87 | 41.35 | 88.98 | 35.34 | 116.08 | 41.64 | .173 |
Occlusal gap | 117.78a | 42.40 | 121.88a | 35.78 | 202.07b | 58.46 | .001 | 156.97a | 56.40 | 154.80a | 46.37 | 274.26b | 96.31 | .000 |
LW, lost-wax; SM, subtractive manufacturing; AM, additive manufacturing; µ-SLA, micro-stereophotography.
a.bValues in rows followed by the same letters among the LW, SM and AM groups, cKruskal-Wallis H test.