Table 3.
Clinical outcome measures (papilla index, gingival index, plaque index, bleeding index and pocket probing depth) in means (with standard deviations) at pre‐operative and 1 month (T1) and 60 months (T60) after definitive crown placement
| Variable | Tpre | p‐value* | T1 | p‐value* | T60 | p‐value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | ||||
| Papilla volume (papilla index) | |||||||||
| Mesial | 1.95 (1.10) | 1.95 (0.85) | .99 | 2.16 (0.83) | 2.37 (0.60) | .38 | 2.56 (0.78) | 2.60 (0.74) | 1.000 |
| Distal | 2.05 (0.99) | 1.68 (0.67) | .19 | 2.37 (0.76) | 2.00 (0.67) | .12 | 2.50 (0.79) | 2.40 (0.64) | .239 |
| Health of gingiva (gingival index) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | NA | 0.90 (0.31) | 0.79 (0.42) | .35 | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | NA |
| Amount of plaque (plaque index) | 0.10 (0.31) | 0.05 (0.23) | .59 | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.05 (0.23) | .31 | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | NA |
| Bleeding after probing (bleeding index) | 0.75 (0.55) | 0.68 (0.58) | .71 | 0.60 (0.60) | 0.47 (0.61) | .52 | 0.39 (0.70) | 0.20 (0.41) | .678 |
| Pocket probing depth (mm) | |||||||||
| Mesial | 2.70 (0.80) | 2.44 (0.71) | .31 | 3.50 (0.83) | 3.21 (0.71) | .25 | 3.61 (1.24) | 3.00 (0.38) | .077 |
| Distal | 2.85 (1.09) | 2.61 (0.70) | .43 | 3.15 (0.49) | 3.21 (0.92) | .80 | 3.06 (0.94) | 3.13 (0.83) | .805 |
| Buccal | 1.60 (0.75) | 1.89 (0.96) | .31 | 2.65 (1.42) | 2.79 (0.86) | .72 | 2.44 (1.04) | 2.80 (0.68) | .265 |
| Palatal | 1.65 (0.81) | 2.06 (0.80) | .13 | 2.30 (0.66) | 2.79 (0.42) | .18 | 2.72 (0.58) | 2.67 (0.49) | .769 |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.
*
Fisher's exact test for the indices of papilla, gingiva, plaque and bleeding; one‐way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for pocket probing depth.