Table 2 Chi Square Test to compare aesthetic preferences across different professional groups, including dentists, dental students, and laypersons.
Categories | N | Occupation | Chi square | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dental Student (N (%)) | Dentist (N (%)) | Others (N (%)) | |||||
Age: | 18–25 | 161 | 85 (86.7) | 38 (33.9) | 38 (34.5) | 99.618 | <0.001 |
26–35 | 91 | 13 (13.3) | 44 (39.3) | 34 (30.9) | |||
36–45 | 25 | 0 (0) | 18 (16.1) | 7 (6.4) | |||
46–55 | 30 | 0 (0) | 9 (8) | 21 (19.1) | |||
Above 55 | 13 | 0 (0) | 3 (2.7) | 10 (9.1) | |||
Sex: | Female | 192 | 55 (56.1) | 76 (67.9) | 61 (55.5) | 4.442 | 0.109 |
Male | 128 | 43 (43.9) | 36 (32.1) | 49 (44.5) | |||
Select the smile design you find more aesthetically pleasing in CASE:1 | AI Preferred | 100 | 31 (31.6) | 38 (33.9) | 31 (28.2) | 0.863 | 0.65 |
Manual Preferred | 220 | 67 (68.4) | 74 (66.1) | 79 (71.8) | |||
Select the smile design you find more aesthetically pleasing in CASE:2 | AI Preferred | 98 | 32 (32.7) | 32 (28.6) | 34 (30.9) | 0.416 | 0.812 |
Manual Preferred | 222 | 66 (67.3) | 80 (71.4) | 76 (69.1) | |||
Select the smile design you find more aesthetically pleasing in CASE:3 | AI Preferred | 126 | 34 (34.7) | 48 (42.9) | 44 (40) | 1.487 | 0.476 |
Manual Preferred | 194 | 64 (65.3) | 64 (57.1) | 66 (60) | |||
Select the smile design you find more aesthetically pleasing in CASE:4 | AI Preferred | 127 | 39 (39.8) | 44 (39.3) | 44 (40) | 0.013 | 0.994 |
Manual Preferred | 193 | 59 (60.2) | 68 (60.7) | 66 (60) | |||
% preference to AI | 0 | 80 | 30 (30.6) | 25 (22.3) | 25 (22.7) | 11.231 | 0.189 |
25 | 89 | 17 (17.3) | 38 (33.9) | 34 (30.9) | |||
50 | 111 | 39 (39.8) | 32 (28.6) | 40 (36.4) | |||
75 | 20 | 7 (7.1) | 8 (7.1) | 5 (4.5) | |||
100 | 20 | 5 (5.1) | 9 (8) | 6 (5.5) | |||
