TABLE 5.

Differences 1 year and 5 years treatment between groups and intra‐groups (means ± SD)

Defect configuration	Ia (n = 9)	Ib (n = 17)	Ic (n = 11)	Id (n = 9)	Ie (n = 5)	p (between)
PUS elimination (%)	0/0	0/0Ø	0/0	0/0	0/1 (0.0)	0.395
p (intra)	p = 1.000	p = 0.157	p = 1.000	p = 1.000	p = 1.000
PD (mm)	−0.61 ± 0.98	−0.22 ± 1.06	−0.20 ± 1.23	−0.06 ± 0.89	0.00 ± 0.66	0.746
p (intra)	p = 0.107	p = 0.345	p = 0.575	p = 1.000	p = 0.891
PD≥6 mm§	−0.56 ± 0.88	0.06 ± 1.09	−0.27 ± 1.56	−0.33 ± 0.50	0.20 ± 0.45	0.390
p (intra)	p = 0.102	p = 0.942	p = 0.581	p = 0.083	p = 0.317
Deepest PD (mm)	−0.78 ± 1.39	−0.53 ± 1.59	−0.09 ± 1.51	−0.22 ± 1.20	0.00 ± 1.22	0.787
p (intra)	p = 0.121	p = 0.163	p = 0.832	p = 0.516	p = 1.000
KT (mm)	0.11 ± 0.33	−0.24 ± 1.03	0.36 ± 0.50	−0.22 ± 0.44	0.00 ± 0.71	0.188
p (intra)	p = 0.317	p = 0.380	p = 0.046	p = 0.157	p = 1.000
BOP (%)	−11.1 ± 28.3	−7.4 ± 29.0	−11.4 ± 13.1	−11.1 ± 25.3	10.0 ± 13.7	0.315
p (intra)	p = 0.234	p = 0.339	p = 0.025	p = 0.194	p = 0.157
PI (%)	−2.8 ± 31.7	−8.8 ± 17.6	−15.9 ± 30.2	−16.7 ± 25.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.557
p (intra)	p = 0.705	p = 0.058	p = 0.059	p = 0.083	p = 1.000
REC (mm)	0.11 ± 0.33	0.06 ± 0.90	−0.18 ± 0.60	−0.33 ± 0.71	0.60 ± 1.14	0.305
p (intra)	p = 0.317	p = 0.782	p = 0.317	p = 0.180	p = 0.257

Kruskal–Wallis test (between‐groups comparisons), Wilcoxon test (intra‐group comparisons)

Abbreviations: BOP, Bleeding on probing at the implant site; Pl, Plaque at the implant site.

^§Number of sites per patient with PD ≥6 mm.