Table 3.
Comparison of the epithelial width (the distance between PM and aJE) between deferred and immediate implants in both the buccal and lingual sides (mm) among the implant subgroups. * Statistically significant inter-group comparisons according to ANOVA test (p < 0.05).
| Epithelial Width | Immediate Implants (n = 40) |
Delayed Implants (n = 40) |
Comparisons by | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student T; p-Value | ||||||
| Buccal | Lingual | Buccal | Lingual | Buccal | Lingual | |
| Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | Mean (sd) | |||
| Strauman BL | 2.0(0.6) | 2.1(1.7) | 2.2(0.5) | 0.9(0.3) | T = 0.5 p = 0.65 |
T = 1.8 p = 0.11 |
| IPX-Std | 2.6(1.3) | 2.0(1.1) | 2.1(0.9) | 1.4(0.5) | T = 0.9 p = 0.39 |
T = 1.3 p = 0.22 |
| IPX-Half | 2.7(1.3) | 2.1(1.1) | 2.2(0.5) | 1.2(0.7) | T = 1.1 p = 0.30 |
T = 1.9 p = 0.08 |
| IPX-Full | 2.9(1.0) * | 1.9(0.6) | 2.1(0.5) * | 1.3(0.7) | T = 2.1 p = 0.05 |
T = 1.8 p = 0.10 |
| IPX-Control | 2.4(0.9) | 1.8(0.5) | 2.3(0.6) | 1.3(0.5) | T = 0.2 p = 0.82 |
T = 1.9 p = 0.08 |
| Comparisons by ANOVA; | F = 0.7 p = 0.60 |
F = 0.1 p = 0.97 |
F = 0.1 p = 0.97 |
F = 0.8 p = 0.53 |
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