Table 1a.
Comparison of level of buccal bone thickness pre- (T1) and post- (T2) treatment in both the groups.
| Level of buccal bone thickness | Pre (T1) Mean ± SD (in mm) |
Post (T2) Mean ± SD(in mm) |
T2-T1 (in mm) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corticotomy (n = 10) |
Coronal | 1.42 ± 1.0 | 2.57 ± 0.7 | 1.15 ± 0.3 | 0.001* |
| Mid-root | 1.06 ± 0.4 | 1.54 ± 0.5 | 0.48 ± 0.1 | 0.02† | |
| Apical | 0.9 ± 0.3 | 1.05 ± 0.3 | 0.15 ± 0 | 0.30‡ | |
| MOP (n = 10) |
Coronal | 1.35 ± 0.4 | 1.8 ± 0.5 | 0.45 ± 0.1 | 0.01† |
| Mid-root | 0.97 ± 0.2 | 1.32 ± 0.3 | 0.35 ± 0.1 | 0.03† | |
| ‘Apical | 0.88 ± 0.2 | 1.0 ± 0.4 | 0.12 ± 0.2 | 0.40‡ | |
*
p ≤ 0.001 statistically highly significant.
†
p ≤ 0.05 statistically significant.
‡
Non significant.