Comparison of the Accuracy of Fixture-Level Implant Impression Making with Different Splinting Techniques

Table 1

Comparison of impression accuracy.

Splinted, impression after the setting time (4 min)	N	Mean	Standard deviation	One-sample t-test (value = 19.164)
				Mean difference	95% confidence interval for the difference		value
					Lower bound	Upper bound
Distance	12	19.1417	0.02907	−0.0223	−0.0408	−0.0039	0.022
17 minutes, cutting and splinting again	N	Mean	Standard deviation	One-sample t-test (value = 19.164)
				Mean difference	95% confidence interval for the difference		value
					Lower bound	Upper bound
Distance	12	19.1541	0.03949	−0.00992	−0.035	0.0152	0.403
24 hours, cutting and splinting again	N	Mean	Standard deviation	One-sample t-test (value = 19.164)
				Mean difference	95% confidence interval for the difference		value
					Lower bound	Upper bound
Distance	12	19.1590	0.03369	−0.00500	−0.0264	0.0164	0.617