Table 4.
Comparison of height of the socket - preoperatively, at immediate postoperatively, at 1 week, 1 and 3 months and radiographic healing scores between the two groups at immediate postoperative period, 1 week, 1 and 3 months respectively
| Height of the socket | Kelley’s index | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative | Immediate | 1 week | 1 month | 3 months | Immediate | 1 week | 1 month | 3 months | ||||||||||
| S | C | S | C | S | C | S | C | S | C | S | C | S | C | S | C | S | C | |
| Mean | 10.50 | 10.25 | 10.50 | 10.25 | 10.08 | 9.00 | 9.42 | 8.17 | 8.58 | 7.17 | −0.75 | −3.25 | 1.08 | −1.17 | 2.92 | 0.75 | 4.75 | 2.42 |
| Standard deviation | 1.168 | 1.215 | 1.168 | 1.215 | 0.996 | 1.348 | 0.900 | 1.267 | 0.996 | 1.193 | 1.357 | 1.422 | 1.240 | 1.586 | 0.669 | 0.965 | 0.622 | 0.515 |
| Mean difference | −0.333 | −0.500 | −0.250 | −0.250 | −1.083 | −1.250 | −1.417 | −2.500 | −2.250 | |||||||||
| P* | 0.339 | 0.339 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||||||||
| Significance | NS | NS | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | |||||||||
*Paired t-test. S=Study group; C=Control group; NS=Not significant; S=Significant