Table 8. Comparison of the results for marginal adaptation obtained with the modified USPHS and FDI criteria.
| Evaluation | Group | Score a | Criteria | p -Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDI | USPHS | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | ||||
| Abbreviations: FBF, Filtek bulk fill; FDI, Federation Dentaire Internationale; TBF, Tetric EvoCeram bulk fill; USPHS, the United States Public Health Service. Note: The Wilcoxon test was used for comparison at the different observation times. a Success: alpha (USPHS), 1 and 2 (FDI); acceptable: bravo (USPHS), 3 (FDI); failure: charlie (USPHS), 4 and 5 (FDI). | |||||||
| Baseline ( n = 46) | Z250 | Success | 38 | 82.6 | 39 | 84.8 | 0.317 |
| Acceptable | 8 | 17.4 | 7 | 15.2 | |||
| Poor/failure | – | – | – | – | |||
| TBF | Success | 40 | 87.0 | 41 | 89.1 | 0.317 | |
| Acceptable | 6 | 13.0 | 5 | 10.9 | |||
| Poor/failure | – | – | – | – | |||
| FBF | Success | 39 | 84.8 | 39 | 84.8 | 1.0 | |
| Acceptable | 7 | 15.2 | 7 | 15.2 | |||
| Poor/failure | – | – | – | – | |||
| 12 months ( n = 36) | Z250 | Success | 36 | 100 | 9 | 25.0 | <0.001 |
| Acceptable | – | – | 27 | 75.0 | |||
| Poor/failure | – | – | – | – | |||
| TBF | Success | 34 | 94.4 | 16 | 44.4 | <0.001 | |
| Acceptable | 1 | 2.8 | 19 | 52.8 | |||
| Poor/failure | 1 | 2.8 | 1 | 2.8 | |||
| FBF | Success | 36 | 100 | 16 | 44.4 | <0.001 | |
| Acceptable | – | – | 20 | 55.6 | |||
| Poor/failure | – | – | – | – | |||