did not reach statistical significancep = 0.1343
For the mandible, a smaller discrepancy was observed in the 36–47 inter-implant distance during extraoral scanning (93 ± 72 μm) compared to intraoral scanning (134 ± 72 μm), however, this reduction did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.1343, independent t -test; p = 0.1197, Mann–Whitney U test).