Research Article

Recommended Drilling Parameters of Tungsten Carbide Round Drills for the Most Optimal Bone Removals in Oral Surgery

Table 2

The statistical differences between optimal and suboptimal drilling parameter groups.

Drilling parametersTemperaturesTime

Optimal, regarding temperatures & timeMean1.060.97
N9696
Std. Deviation0.480.45

Suboptimal, because of temperaturesMean4.400.57
N7272
Std. Deviation1.360.41

Suboptimal, because of timeMean0.545.92
N2424
Std. Deviation0.288.02

TotalMean2.322.04
N192192
Std. Deviation1.994.59

Abbreviations: different capitals and lower cases indicate statistical differences between means. Kruskal-Wallis test, pairwise comparisons, p<0.05.