Table 5.

The effect of gender on the total impression time of the conventional and digital impression methods

	Gender	N	Mean ± SD	P
Conventional – total impression time (for upper jaw/minutes)	Male	9	14.61 ± 3.168	0.079
	Female	11	11.80 ± 3.51
Conventional – total impression time (for lower jaw/minutes)	Male	9	13.47 ± 2.656	0.040
	Female	11	11.17 ± 2.00
Digital – total impression time (for upper jaw/minutes)	Male	9	4.37 ± 0.727	0.551
	Female	11	4.88 ± 2.41
Digital – total impression time (for lower jaw/minutes)	Male	9	6.87 ± 2.117	0.121
	Female	11	5.42 ± 1.86

SD = standart deviation, statistical significance P ≤ 0.001