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Table 3 Selected binomial pairwise comparisons: depicting image preference for very white teeth and teeth with fluorosis severity TF1 against each image

From: Adolescents' perceptions of the aesthetic impact of dental fluorosis vs. other dental conditions in areas with and without water fluoridation

 

First group

Second group

Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed)

Very white vs A1

1494

59

< 0.001

Very white vs TF1

1537

16

< 0.001

Very white vs Medium DO

1544

9

< 0.001

Very white vs TF2

1545

8

< 0.001

Very white vs A1 chip

1549

4

< 0.001

Very white vs TF3

1547

6

< 0.001

Very white vs TF4

1549

4

< 0.001

Very white vs Large DO

1549

4

< 0.001

Very white vs caries

1549

4

< 0.001

 

First group

Second group

Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed)

TF1 vs Very white

16

1537

< 0.001

TF1 vs A1

182

1371

< 0.001

TF1 vs Medium DO

804

749

= 0.171

TF1 vs TF2

1119

434

< 0.001

TF1 vs A1 chip

966

587

< 0.001

TF1 vs TF3

1359

194

< 0.001

TF1 vs TF4

1459

94

< 0.001

TF1 vs Large DO

1484

69

< 0.001

TF1 vs caries

1420

133

< 0.001

  1. The columns in Table 3 represent numbers of participants who ranked the image for very white teeth or the image of TF 1 (First group) higher than the remaining images (Second group) e.g. only 59 participants ranked the image with A1 teeth higher than the image with very white teeth
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