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. 2022 Mar 10;10:e13021. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13021

Table 2. Mean, standard deviation, and the summary of the two-factor ANOVA of the angular deviation of the neck during the cavity preparations and restorations, according to magnification level used.

Tooth Magnification level
Naked Eye Galilean 2.5× Galilean 3.0× Galilean 3.5× Total
Cavity preparation
16 48.84 ± 5.48 40.19 ± 5.02 35.54 ± 5.49 33.40 ± 5.72 39.49 ± 7.99a
26 48.82 ± 5.81 37.21 ± 6.42 33.41 ± 5.09 33.15 ± 5.43 38.15 ± 8.51a
36 43.76 ± 5.67 33.05 ± 5.79 29.27 ± 5.82 30.39 ± 6.74 34.12 ± 8.26b
46 45.60 ± 5.64 30.25 ± 6.71 30.17 ± 5.53 27.94 ± 5.82 33.49 ± 9.18b
TOTAL 46.76 ± 5.96A 35.18 ± 7.04B 32.10 ± 5.95C 31.22 ± 6.25C 36.31 ± 8.84
Restoration
16 56.05 ± 8.27 37.20 ± 5.14 37.17 ± 5.13 38.66 ± 4.99 42.27 ± 9.98a
26 55.42 ± 5.70 39.11 ± 4.90 37.55 ± 4.79 39.92 ± 5.33 43.00 ± 8.87a
36 41.22 ± 9.28 27.04 ± 4.81 27.11 ± 3.40 27.99 ± 6.04 30.84 ± 8.62b
46 40.45 ± 8.12 27.21 ± 4.22 27.36 ± 5.54 25.94 ± 4.34 30.24 ± 8.22b
Total 48.29 ± 10.83A 32.64 ± 7.30B 32.30 ± 6.93B 33.13 ± 8.08B 36.59 ± 10.78

Notes:

Two-Factor ANOVA (cavity preparations): magnification level (F = 122.869, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.548, π = 1.00), tooth (F = 20.939, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.171, π = 1.00), magnification level vs tooth (F = 1.138, p = 0.335, ηp2 = 0.033, π = 0.562). Tukey’s post-hoc test*; two-factor ANOVA (restoration): magnification level (F = 143.220, p < 0.01, ηp2 = 0.586, π = 1.00), tooth (F = 114.952, p < 0.01, ηp2 = 0.531, π = 1.00), magnification level vs tooth (F = 1.076, p = 0.380, ηp2 = 0.031, π = 0.533), the Games-Howell post-hoc test*.

* A capital letter for columns; a lower case for lines; the same letter indicates statistical similarity.