Table 2. Distribution of treatment strategies for managing cracked teeth.
2009 | N = 68 | 2019 | N = 184 | p -Value | |||
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F | M | Total N (%) | F | M | Total N (%) | ||
Abbreviations: Cr, permanent crown; Prov, provisional crown; RCT, root canal treatment. Note: To compare total sample ratios between the data of 2009 and 2019, the two-sample proportion test was performed. A p -value <0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance. | |||||||
Prov → Cr | 16 | 13 | 29 (42.6) | 62 | 40 | 102 (55.4) | 0.097 |
Prov → Cr → RCT | 2 | 1 | 3 (4.4) | 6 | 8 | 14 (7.6) | 0.538 |
Prov and RCT → Cr | 18 | 18 | 36 (52.9) | 39 | 29 | 68 (37) | 0.032 |