Table 2.
Results from linear/volumetric measurements on computed tomography and 3D‐scanned data of study casts
| Horizontal width reduction (mm) | DBBM group (n = 47) | DPBM group (n = 47) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apical | Middle | Coronal | Apical | Middle | Coronal | |||
| Middle | 1.21 ± 2.69 | 1.59 ± 2.34 | 2.81 ± 4.47 | 0.84 ± 2.08 | 1.43 ± 1.77 | 2.50 ± 4.73 | ||
| Distal | 0.74 ± 1.32 | 1.08 ± 1.86 | 2.33 ± 3.35 | 0.60 ± 1.34 | 1.47 ± 1.85 | 2.24 ± 3.52 | ||
| Mesial | 0.66 ± 1.51 | 1.01 ± 1.32 | 2.47 ± 3.05 | 0.59 ± 1.34 | 1.1 ± 1.68 | 1.97 ± 3.95 | ||
| Average | 0.73 ± 1.40 | 1.22 ± 1.89 | 2.67 ± 3.42 | 0.62 ± 1.66 | 1.16 ± 2.15 | 2.09 ± 4.19 | ||
| Vertical height reduction (mm) | 1.45 ± 1.92 | 1.22 ± 2.16 | ||||||
| Volume reduction (%) | 8.14 ± 22.23 | 6.48 ± 24.23 | ||||||
| Papilla height reduction (mm) | Mesial | 0.82 ± 1.22 | 0.87 ± 1.21 | |||||
| Distal | 0.15 ± 1.60 | 0.23 ± 1.65 | ||||||
| Soft tissue dimension (mm) | Horizontal reduction | 4.74 ± 3.14 | 4.04 ± 2.92 | |||||
| Vertical reduction | Buccal | 3.00 ± 2.06 | 2.63 ± 1.90 | |||||
| Lingual | 2.08 ± 2.23 | 2.17 ± 1.67 | ||||||
A, apical; M, middle; C, coronal. There was no significant difference in all parameters between control and test groups.