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Comparison of patients' satisfaction with comfort, mastication, aesthetics, and speech with previous prosthesis and basal implant by gender and age group.
| Previous prostheses | Basal implant | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Male | 5.3 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 0.001∗ |
| Female | 5.4 | 1.4 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 0.001∗ |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 20–39 | 6 | 1.8 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 0.004∗ |
| 40–59 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 7.9 | 0.4 | 0.001∗ |
| 60 and above | 5.1 | 1.4 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 0.007∗ |
SD: standard deviation. Wilcoxon signed-rank test ∗p value is significant.
