Table 1.
Comparison of overall mean and median of microstrain values between overdentures with solitary and splinted attachments during unilateral vertical load application for different implant positions
| Implant surface |
Implant position | Solitary attachment (n = 8) |
Splinted attachment (n = 8) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | |||
| Implants | Right | 20.42 (0.89) | 20.33 (1.38) | 56.91 (2.74) | 57.96 (5.00) | 0.001* |
| Middle | 63.54 (1.08) | 63.48 (1.71) | 52.55 (2.38) | 53.36 (4.45) | 0.001* | |
| Left | 90.95 (2.85) | 89.25 (5.51) | 97.29 (2.80) | 97.31 (4.43) | 0.002* | |
| P value |
< 0.0001* P1 = 0.137, P2 < 0.0001*, P3 = 0.137 |
0.001* P1 = 0.401, P2 = 0.073, P3 = 0.001* |
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*Statistically significant differences at P value ≤ 0.05, P1: comparison between right implant and midline implant, P2: comparison between right implant and left implant, P3: comparison between midline implant and left implant