Table 2.
Marginal bone level (MBL), changes in MBL of all implants at different timepoints.
| Timepoint | Mean (mm) |
P value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline(before loading) | Immediatelyafter loading | 1-year afterloading | 3-year afterloading | |||
| MBL |
Baseline (before loading) | 0.36 ± 0.47 | ||||
| Immediately after loading | 0.6 ± 0.55 | <0.001 | ||||
| 1-year after loading | 0.76 ± 0.66 | <0.001 | 0.004 | |||
| 3-year after loading | 0.81 ± 0.62 | <0.001 | 0.001 | 0.31 | ||
| 5-year after loading |
0.89 ± 0.72 |
<0.001 |
<0.001 |
0.048 |
0.07 |
|
| Changes in MBL | Immediately after loading | 0.25 ± 0.34 | ||||
| 1-year after loading | 0.41 ± 0.45 | 0.004 | ||||
| 3-year after loading | 0.45 ± 0.45 | 0.001 | 0.3 | |||
| 5-year after loading | 0.53 ± 0.6 | <0.001 | 0.048 | 0.07 | ||
MBL: marginal bone level.