Item | Alginate Md [IQR] | Intraoral scanner Md [IQR] | Statistics Z, p-value |
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I felt comfortable during the impression with alginate/the intraoral scanner | 3.0 [2.0–3.0] | 3.0 [2.0–3.0] | Z = − 0.673, p = 0.501 |
I experienced the impression with alginate/the intraoral scanner as uncomfortable | 2.0 [2.0–3.0] | 2.0 [1.0–3.0] | Z = − 0.533, p = 0.594 |
During alginate impression/digital impression, the impression tray/the camera limited my comfort | 3.0 [3.0–4.0] | 2.0 [1.0–3.0] | Z = − 3.496, p < 0.001 |
I experienced the alginate impression/ digital impression as painful | 1.0 [1.0–2.0] | 1.0 [1.0–2.0] | Z = − 0.778, p = 0.436 |
During the alginate impression/digital impression I experienced breathing difficulties | 2.0 [1.0–3.0] | 1.0 [1.0–2.0] | Z = − 2.558, p = 0.011 |
I experienced the taste of the impression material/powder as unpleasant | 2.0 [1.0–2.0] | 1.0 [1.0–2.0] | Z = − 0.762, p = 0.446 |
During alginate impression/digital impression, I complained about nausea | 1.0 [1.0–1.0] | 1.0 [1.0–2.0] | Z = − 0.516, p = 0.606 |