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. 2021 Nov 27;10(23):5588. doi: 10.3390/jcm10235588

Table 3.

Biotype, papilla width (PW), papilla height (PH), gingival recession (GR), recession width (RW) and keratinized tissue (KT) before, 1 year and a minimum of 5 years after the corticotomy–assisted orthodontic treatment.

Parameter [mm] Time of Observation Difference between 1 Year and a Minimum of 5 Years Post-op p-Value Mean Diff. (95% Cl) between 1 Year and 5 Years Post-op
Phenotype x  ±  SD Baseline 1.71 ± 0.52
1 year 2.03 ± 0.47
5 years 1.99 ± 0.50
−0.04 mm p = 1 * −0.02
(−0.05, 0.02)
PW x  ±  SD Baseline 3.75 ± 0.92
1 year 3.54 ± 1.50
5 years 4.03 ± 0.89
+0.49 mm p = 0.103 * 0.38
(0.18, 0.58)
PH x  ±  SD Baseline 4.82 ± 1.16
1 year 4.00 ± 1.60
5 years 4.29 ± 3.56
+0.29 mm p = 0.057 * 0.19
(−0.40, 0.78)
GR x  ±  SD Baseline 0.13 ± 0.47
1 year 0.07± 0.32
5 years 0.19 ± 0.79
+0.12 mm p = 1 * 0.11
(0.01, 0.21)
RW x  ±  SD Baseline 0.21 ± 0.75
1 year 0.10 ± 0.49
5 years 0.14 ± 0.59
+0.04 mm p = 1 * 0.02
(−0.07, 0.12)
KT x  ±  SD Baseline 5.02 ± 1.79
1year 5.12 ± 1.78
5 years 5.12 ± 1.72
0.00 mm p = 1 * −0.03
(−0.23, 0.18)

x ± SD—mean values and standard deviation; Mean diff.—mean difference; Cl—confidence interval; * Dunn’s multiple comparisons test with Bonferroni correction (Friedman).