Table 3.
Comparison of overall mean and median of microstrain values between overdentures with solitary and splinted attachments during bilateral 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 | 33.80 (1.06) | 34.18 (1.40) | 42.17 (3.86) | 43.13 (6.93) | 0.001* |
| Middle | 9.79 (0.53) | 9.87 (0.54) | 39.61 (2.09) | 39.33 (3.39) | 0.001* | |
| Left | 29.58 (2.24) | 29.48 (3.48) | 41.63 (1.48) | 41.92 (1.84) | 0.001* | |
| P value |
< 0.0001* P1 < 0.0001*, P2 = 0.137, P3 = 0.137 |
0.197 | ||||
*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