Tissue Surface Adaptation and Clinical Performance of CAD-CAM Milled versus Conventional Implant-Assisted Mandibular Overdenture

Table 2

Descriptive analysis of maximum biting force (MBF) values and values of conventional PMMA and CAD/CAM PMMA implant overdenture prostheses along the various follow-up periods.

Time of measurement	Processing technique (denture type)
	CC MOD	CAD-CAM MOD	t value	value
	M ± SD	M ± SD
3 months	166 ± 4.19	208 ± 3.17	30.96	(0.0001)
6 months	170 ± 4.30	225 ± 3.45	31.54	(0.0001)
t value	2.16	11.47
value	(0.05)	(0.0001)

Statistically significant difference. M,mean; SD, standard deviation; CC MOD, conventional compression mold overdenture CAD-CAM MOD:CAD-CAM mandibular overdenture.