Characteristics |
Dental Students |
General Dental Practitioners |
Lay Persons |
p Value* |
|
(Mean ± SD) |
(Mean ± SD) |
(Mean ± SD) |
|
Gingival height shorter by 1 mm in relation to the central incisor (-1) |
2.54 ± 1.46 |
3.05 ± 1.43 |
3.27 ± 0.98 |
0.02 |
Gingival height shorter by 0.5 mm in relation to the central incisor (-0.5) |
3.05 ± 2.28 |
3.26 ± 1.00 |
2.33 ± 0.80 |
<0.001 |
Gingival height of the same height as the central incisor (0) |
3.61 ± 1.12 |
2.11 ± 1.35 |
3.23 ± 1.31 |
<0.001 |
Gingival height longer by 0.5 mm in relation to the central incisor (+0.5) |
3.54 ± 1.33 |
3.32 ± 1.71 |
4.20 ± 1.24 |
0.033 |
Gingival height longer by 1 mm in relation to the central incisor(+1) |
2.27 ± 1.42 |
3.26 ± 1.18 |
1.97 ± 1.52 |
0.001 |