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Table 2: Frequency distribution of gingival biotype measurement across tooth type
| Transparency of probe tip (%) | |||||||||||||||||
| Gingival thickness measured in mm | Visible (thin biotype) | Nonvisible (thick biotype) | |||||||||||||||
|
Central incisor |
First molar |
Central incisor |
First molar | ||||||||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||||||||
| 0.3-0.4 | 47 | 10.21 | 7 | 1.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 0.5-0.6 | 236 | 51.3 | 67 | 14.56 | 30 | 6.52 | 8 | 1.73 | |||||||||
| 0.7 | 37 | 8.04 | 66 | 14.34 | 43 | 9.34 | 61 | 13.26 | |||||||||
| 0.8-0.9 | 9 | 1.95 | 25 | 5.43 | 47 | 10.21 | 141 | 30.65 | |||||||||
| 1.0-1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.26 | 81 | 17.6 | |||||||||
