Table 4. Different treatment protocols for cracked teeth according to the presence of symptoms or caries.
| Year | Caries | Symptoms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caries | Total N | Prov → Cr | Prov → Cr→ RCT | RCT and prov → Cr | Total N | Prov → Cr | Prov → Cr →RCT | RCT and prov → Cr | |
| Abbreviations: Cr, permanent crown; Prov, provisional crown; RCT, root canal treatment. Note: p -Values were computed to compare sample ratios between O and X using the two-sample proportion test. A p -value <0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance. | |||||||||
| 2009 | O | 24 | 10 (41.7) | 0 (0) | 14 (58.3) | 28 | 7 (25) | 0 (0) | 21 (75) |
| X | 44 | 19 (43.2) | 3 (6.8) | 22 (50) | 40 | 22 (55) | 3 (7.5) | 15 (37.5) | |
| Total | 68 | 29 (42.6) | 3 (4.4) | 36 (52.9) | 68 | 29 (42.6) | 3 (4.4) | 36 (52.9) | |
| p -Value | 1.000 | 0.490 | 0.686 | 0.027 | 0.378 | 0.005 | |||
| 2019 | O | 41 | 24 (58.5) | 3 (7.3) | 14 (34.1) | 76 | 20 (26.3) | 9 (11.8) | 47 (61.8) |
| X | 143 | 78 (54.5) | 11 (7.7) | 54 (37.8) | 108 | 82 (75.9) | 5 (4.6) | 21 (19.4) | |
| Total | 184 | 102 (55.4) | 14 (7.6) | 68 (37) | 184 | 102 (55.4) | 14 (7.6) | 68 (37) | |
| p -Value | 0.783 | 1.000 | 0.811 | <0.001 | 0.125 | <0.001 | |||
| 2009+2019 | O | 65 | 34 (52.3) | 3 (4.6) | 28 (43.1) | 104 | 27 (26) | 9 (8.7) | 68 (65.4) |
| X | 187 | 97 (51.9) | 14 (7.5) | 76 (40.6) | 148 | 104 (70.3) | 8 (5.4) | 36 (24.3) | |
| Total | 252 | 131 (52) | 17 (6.7) | 104 (41.3) | 252 | 131 (52) | 17 (6.7) | 104 (41.3) | |
| p -Value | 1.000 | 0.611 | 0.844 | <0.001 | 0.449 | <0.001 | |||