Clinical Study

Psychosocial and Quality of Life Outcomes of Prosthetic Auricular Rehabilitation with CAD/CAM Technology

Table 7

Comparison of the clinical abutment exposure in patients willing and those unwilling to wear the ear prosthesis.

Immediate post-op1-2 week post-op6-month post-op
SupInfSupInfSupInf

Willing to wear
 Mean exposure (mm)1.331.331.751.7522.33
 Standard deviation1.041.440.661.150.250.58
 Difference when compares with immediate post-op using pair -test? ( -value)No (0.15)No (0.15)No (0.14)No (0.21)

Unwilling to wear
 Mean exposure (mm)3.503.1701.2712.33
 Standard deviation1.321.2601.421.732.08
 Difference when compared with immediate post-op using pair -test? ( -value)Yes (0.02)No (0.09)Yes (0.04)No (0.23)