Research Article

Influence of Diode Laser for the Treatment of Dentin Hypersensitivity on Microleakage of Cervical Restorations

Table 4

Association of different factors with microleakage scores.

Unadjusted modelAdjusted model
OR (95% CI) valueOR (95% CI) value

Restorative materialGroup CR (Filtek Z350 XT)0.02 (0.006, 0.04)<0.0010.01 (0.005, 0.03)<0.001
Group RMGI (Photac Fil)0.07 (0.03, 0.16)<0.0010.06 (0.02, 0.13)<0.001
Group GIC (Ketac Universal)Reference category
Laser pretreatmentWith1.13 (0.68, 1.90)0.641.18 (0.65, 2.13)0.59
WithoutReference category
MarginOcclusal0.41 (0.24, 0.70)0.0010.26 (0.14, 0.49)<0.001
CervicalReference category

Model : 73.78. value < 0.001. OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Statistically significant at value < 0.05.