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Means and standard deviations of implant stability at different follow-up periods
| Stability | OD group | Expanders group | Difference | 95% CI | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
| Baseline | 75.27 | 4.15 | 78.64 | 7.88 | 3.36 | −2.23 to 8.96 | 0.2247 |
| 3 months | 73.10 | 7.94 | 73.00 | 7.73 | −0.10 | −7.26 to 7.06 | 0.9770 |
| 6 months | 79.60 | 6.36 | 72.10 | 7.50 | −7.50 | −14.03 to −0.96 | 0.0268* |
| P value | 0.053 | 0.166 | |||||
Means that do not share a letter vertically are significantly different
* Corresponds to a statistically significant difference
