Research Article

Comparison of the Efficacy of the Panoramic and Cone Beam Computed Tomography Imaging Methods in the Surgical Planning of the Maxillary All-On-4, M-4, and V-4

Table 3

Comparison of the nasal floor alveolar crest and lateral incisor region first molar region groups.

ExperiencedExperienced
CBCT
Inexperienced
Panoramic
Inexperienced CBCTTotalTest statistics
Panoramic

Nasal floor—alveolar crest (right)0.006
 <103 (6)a13 (26)b3 (6)a10 (20)ab29 (14,5)
 ≥1047 (94)13 (26)b47 (94)40 (80)171 (85,5)
Nasal floor—alveolar crest (left)0.051
 <103 (6)12 (24)3 (6)11 (22)29 (14,5)
 ≥1047 (94)38 (76)47 (94)39 (78)171 (85,5)
Lateral incisor region—first molar region (left)<0.001
 <150 (0)a11 (22)b0 (0)a10 (20)b21 (10,5)
 ≥1550 (100)39 (7850 (100)40 (80)179 (89,5)
Lateral incisor region—first molar region (right)<0.001
 <151 (2)a12 (24)b1 (2)a9 (18)b23 (11,5)
 ≥1549 (98)38 (76)49 (98)41 (82)177 (88,5)

Note:. : chi-square test statistic. a-b: there is no difference between groups with the same letter ().