Table 11.
Marginal bone level associated with evaluated variables at follow-up.
| A. Marginal Bone Level Associated with the Periodontal Diagnostic at Baseline | ||||||
| Periodontal diagnostic baseline: | Stage 1 (n = 48) (a) |
Stage 2 (n = 89) (b) |
Stage 3 (n = 83) (c) |
Stage 4 (n = 66) (d) | p {(a,b)/(a,c)/(a,d)/(b,c)/(b,d)/(c,d)} * | |
| Marginal bone level (mm), median (IQR) |
0.1 (0.1–0.2) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.1 (0.05–0.3) | 0.15 (0–0.3) | 0.359 {0.661/1/0.972/0.531/0.398/0.969} * |
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| B. Marginal bone level associated with treated periodontitis | ||||||
| Treated periodontitis: | Yes (n = 192) | No (n = 129) |
Difference (95% CI) | p | ||
| Marginal bone level (mm), median (IQR) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.2 (0–0.3) | 0.1 (−0.1–0) | 0.029 | ||
| C. Marginal bone level associated with periodontitis status | ||||||
| Periodontitis status: | Stage 1,2 not treated (n = 43) (a) |
Stage 1,2 treated (n = 94) (b) |
Stage 3,4 not treated (n = 51) (c) |
Stage 3,4 treated (n = 98) (d) | p {(a,b)/(a,c)/(a,d)/(b,c)/(b,d)/(c,d)} * | |
| Marginal bone level (mm), median (IQR) | 0.2 (0–0.3) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.006 {0.581/0.504/0.848/0.005/0.993/0.035} | |
| D. Marginal bone level associated with the Implant type | ||||||
| Implant type: | BEGO (n = 27) |
MEGAGEN (n = 294) |
Difference (95% CI) | p | ||
| Marginal bone level (mm), median (IQR) | 0.4 (0.3–0.5) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.3 (0.2–0.3) | <0.001 | ||
| E. Marginal bone level associated with the number of prosthetic units per implant | ||||||
| Number of prosthetic units/implant ≤ 3: | Yes (n = 318) |
No (n = 3) |
Difference (95% CI) | p | ||
| Marginal bone level (mm), median (IQR) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.1 (0.05–0.15) | 0 (−0.1–0.2) | 0.602 | ||
| F. Marginal bone level associated with the type of prosthesis | ||||||
| Type of prosthetic work | Cemented (n = 85) (a) |
Overdenture (n = 27) (b) |
Screw-retained (n = 209) (c) |
p {(a,b)/(a,c)/(b,c)} * | ||
| Marginal bone level (mm), median (IQR) | 0 (0–0.2) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.1 (0.1–0.2) | 0.001 {0.868/0.005/0.398} | ||
| G. Marginal bone level associated with implant position | ||||||
| Implant position: | Anterior mandible (n = 9) (a) |
Posterior mandible (n = 147) (b) |
Anterior maxilla (n = 29) (c) |
Posterior maxilla (n = 136) (d) | p {(a,b)/(a,c)/(a,d)/(b,c)/(b,d)/(c,d)} * | |
| Marginal bone level (mm), median (IQR) |
0.2 (0.2–0.3) | 0.1 (0–0.25) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.042 {0.071/0.747/0.007/0.757/0.49/0.281} | |
| H. Marginal bone level associated with healing type | ||||||
| Healing: | Open (n = 88) | Closed (n = 233) | Difference (95% CI) | p | ||
| Marginal bone level (mm), median (IQR) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0 (0–0) | 0.611 | ||
| I. Marginal bone level associated with recalls at specialized clinics | ||||||
| Recall at a specialized clinic: | Yes (n = 219) |
No (n = 102) |
Difference (95% CI) | p | ||
| Marginal bone level (mm), median (IQR) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 0.1 (−0.1–−0.1) | <0.001 | ||
| J. Marginal bone level associated with periodontal check-ups at specialized clinics | ||||||
| Periodontal check-ups at a specialized clinic: | Yes (n = 211) |
No (n = 110) |
Difference (95% CI) | p | ||
| Marginal bone level (mm), median (IQR) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 0.1 (−0.1–−0.1) | <0.001 | ||
| K. Marginal bone level associated with the prosthetic loading time | ||||||
| Prosthetic loading: | Conventional (n = 561) (a) |
Early (n = 107) (b) |
Immediate (n = 119) (c) |
p {(a,b)/(a,c)/(b,c)} * | ||
| Marginal bone level (mm), median (IQR) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.1 (0.05–0.3) | 0.1 (0–0.2) | 0.017{0.113/0.193/0.011} | ||
IQR, interquartile range; CI, confidence interval; *, the global test p-value for the comparison between all groups, followed by posthoc p-value tests comparisons between the groups indicated by letters between the brackets.