A study to investigate the effectiveness of the application of virtual reality technology in dental education

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Statistical analysis of pretest and posttest results of the experimental and control groups

	Subject	Group	Mean ± SD	MD^* ± SD	P-value^*
Pretest	Neutral zone assessment	Experimental	16.14 ± 1.18	-0.50 ± 0.35	0.888
	Neutral zone assessment	Control	16.19 ± 1.32	-0.50 ± 0.35	0.888
	Teeth arrangement assessment	Experimental	15.65 ± 1.17	0.10 ± 0.34	0.773
	Teeth arrangement assessment	Control	15.55 ± 1.26	0.10 ± 0.34	0.773
Posttest	Neutral zone assessment	Experimental	16.92 ± 1.12	0.78 ± 0.32	0.021^*
	Neutral zone assessment	Control	16.14 ± 1.18	0.78 ± 0.32	0.021^*
	Teeth arrangement assessment	Experimental	16.07 ± 1.07	0.42 ± 0.31	0.193
	Teeth arrangement assessment	Control	15.65 ± 1.17	0.42 ± 0.31	0.193

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