TABLE 3.

Radiographic evaluation after 12 months

Implant site	Follow‐up [months]	Mean MBL, SD [mm]
		Choice dome (n = 2)	Choice ball (n = 9)
Left molar mesial	0	0.3, 1.2	0.2, 0.7
	12	0.9, 1.0	1.5, 0.9
	ΔMBL	−0.6, 0.2	−1.3, 0.7
Right molar mesial	0	0.5, 0.3	0.4, 1.1
	12	1.3, 1.1	1.7, 0.8
	ΔMBL	−0.8, 0.8	−1.3, 0.6
Left molar distal	0	−0.7, 1.2	−0.0, 0.9
	12	−0.1, 1.7	1.1, 0.6
	ΔMBL	−0.6, 0.5	−1.1, 0.5
Right molar distal	0	−0.4, 0.2	0.0, 1.2
	12	0.1, 0.3	1.2, 1.0
	ΔMBL	−0.5, 0.5	−1.2, 0.7

Mean marginal bone levels (MBLs, negative values indicating an implant position below the marginal crest), and bone level alterations (ΔMBLs) and standard deviations (SD), at implant placement, and the 12‐month follow‐up (mean differences and difference of mean may deviate due to rounding).