Application of a Cone-Beam Computed Tomography-Based Index for Evaluating Surgical Sites Prior to Sinus Lift Procedures—A Pilot Study

Table 8

Overall comparison of SDS corresponding to the difficulty level assigned by each evaluator.

	Difficulty level		Mean	Std. deviation	Minimum	Maximum	ANOVA
								value
Evaluator 1	Minimal difficult	13S	1.31	0.48	1	2	60.77	<0.001
	Moderate difficult	13	3.00	0.58	2	4
	Difficult	4	4.25	0.50	4	5
Evaluator 2	Minimal difficult	13	1.31	0.48	1	2	60.77	<0.001
	Moderate difficult	13	3.00	0.58	2	4
	Difficult	4	4.25	0.50	4	5
Evaluator 3	Minimal difficult	13	1.31	0.48	1	2	39.77	<0.001
	Moderate difficult	14	3.14	0.77	2	5
	Difficult	3	4.00	0.00	4	4
Evaluator 4	Minimal difficult	13	1.31	0.48	1	2	60.77	<0.001
	Moderate difficult	13	3.00	0.58	2	4
	Difficult	4	4.25	0.50	4	5
Evaluator 5	Minimal difficult	13	1.31	0.48	1	2	34.49	<0.001
	Moderate difficult	12	3.17	0.84	2	5
	Difficult	5	3.60	0.55	3	4

, statistically significant; , nonsignificant (NS).