Table 4.
Comparison of overall mean and median of microstrain values during bilateral vertical load application between overdentures with solitary and splinted attachments for different implant surfaces
| Implant surface |
Implant position | Solitary attachment (n = 8) |
Splinted attachment (n = 8) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | |||
| Surfaces | Mesial | 8.64 (1.08) | 8.43 (1.91) | 15.53 (1.82) | 15.03 (3.83) | 0.001* |
| Distal | 25.68 (2.03) | 26.07 (3.61) | 25.52 (2.50) | 26.07 (4.76) | 0.959 | |
| Labial | 31.20 (2.73) | 29.96 (4.65) | 83.79 (3.56) | 82.43 (5.47) | 0.001* | |
| Lingual | 32.03 (1.28) | 32.26 (2.23) | 39.72 (2.70) | 40.79 (5.12) | 0.001* | |
| P value |
< 0.0001* P1 = 0.728, P2 = 0.003*, P3 < 0.0001*, P4 = 0.317, P5 = 0.040*, P6 = 1.00 |
< 0.0001* P1 = 0.728, P2 < 0.0001*, P3 = 0.012*, P4 = 0.012*, P5 = 0.728, P6 = 0.728 |
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*Statistically significant differences at P value ≤ 0.05, P1: comparison between mesial and distal, P2: comparison between mesial and buccal, P3: comparison between mesial and lingual, P4: comparison between distal and buccal, P5: comparison between distal and lingual, P6: comparison between buccal and lingual