Chi-square test | Zirconia crowns | Strip crowns | p-value | |
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Restoration failure | ||||
At 3 months | Crowns appear normal, no cracks, chips, or fractures | 60 (100.0%) | 60 (100.0%) | N/Ac |
At 6 months | Crowns appears normal, no cracks, chips, or fractures | 59 (98.3%) | 52 (86.7%) | 0.024a |
Small but noticeable area of loss of material | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (11.7%) | ||
Large loss of crown | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.7%) | ||
Complete loss of crown | 1(1.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
At 12 months | Crowns appears normal no cracks, chips, or fractures | 58 (98.3%) | 37 (61.7%) | < 0.001a |
Small but noticeable area of loss of material | 0 (0.0%) | 18 (30.0%) | ||
Large loss of crown | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (8.3%) | ||
Complete loss of crown | 1 (1.7%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Friedman test | Mean rank | |||
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Total cases | Zirconia crown | Strip crown | ||
Baseline | 2.37 | 2.49 | 2.24 | |
At 3 months | 2.37 | 2.49 | 2.24 | |
At 6 months | 2.5 | 2.49 | 2.51 | |
At 12 moths | 2.77 | 2.53 | 3.01 | |
p-value | < 0.001b | 0.392 | < 0.001b |