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Table 1 Baseline characteristics between study groups and restoration drop-out after 24-months

From: Use of rubber dam versus cotton roll isolation on composite resin restorations’ survival in primary molars: 2-year results from a non-inferiority clinical trial

 

RDI

CRI

Stayed in

24-month

Drop-out

Total

N (%)

86 (49.43)

88 (50.57)

157 (90.23)

17 (9.77)*

Categorical variables—N (%)

 Sex

  Female

33 (49.25)

34 (50.75)

61 (91.04)

6 (8.96)

  Male

53 (49.53)

54 (50.47)

96 (89.72)

11 (10.28)

 Number of Surfaces

  Single surface (1)

23 (52.27)

21 (47.73)

38 (86.36)

6 (13.64)

  Multisurface (> 1)

63 (48.46)

67 (51.54)

119 (91.54)

11 (8.46)

 Molar

  First Molar

46 (50.00)

46 (50.00)

82 (89.13)

10 (10.87)

  Second Molar

40 (48.78)

42 (51.22)

75 (91.46)

7 (8.54)

 Operator

  Specialist

50 (52.63)

45 (47.37)

84 (88.42)

11 (11.58)

  GDP

36 (45.57)

43 (54.43)

73 (92.41)

6 (7.59)

 Restoration type

  New restoration

56 (50.45)

55 (49.55)

98 (88.29)

13 (11.71)

  Restoration replacement

30 (47.62)

33 (52.38)

59 (93.65)

4 (6.35)

 Continuous variable—mean (SD)

  DMFT/dmft

6.94 (3.62)

7.98 (3.73)

7.68 (3.42)

5.52 (5.44)

  Number of surfaces

2.09 (1.02)

2.22 (1.05)

2.15 (1.01)

2.23 (1.34)

  1. *9 children who dropped-out were from RDI group and 8 were from the CRI group (p = 0.760, by chi-square test)