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                                THE LONG-TERM EFFECT OF ADAPTING THE VERTICAL POSITION OF IMPLANTS ON PERI-IMPLANT HEALTH
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Table 1: Mean bone level for each placement protocol and the bone level difference between respectively equicrestally and subcrestally placed implants; p is a result of a paired t-test comparing the bone level between placement protocols.
Baseline 6 months 12 months 24 months 36 months 48 months 60 months
0.00 0.40 0.00 2.45 0.00 2.92 0.00 2.61 0.00 2.25 0.00 2.21 0.00 2.66
0.00 (0.00) 0.04 (0.11) 0.03 (0.10) 0.04 (0.10) 0.04 (0.10) 0.07 (0.13) 0.12 (0.22)
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.45 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.00 0.00 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.00 0.00 0.41 0.00 0.00 0.86
0.030 0.678 0.746 0.644 0.549 0.487 0.500
0.123 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.001 0.001
Group 1: Equicrestal Mean (SD) Median 0.03 (0.09) 0.00 0.72 (0.74) 0.59 0.78 (0.81) 0.54 0.69 (0.70) 0.51 0.59 (0.59) 0.44 0.56 (0.54) 0.46 0.62 (0.66) 0.44
Bone Level
Group 2: Subcrestal
paired difference 95% CI (-0.009,0.070) (0.360,0.996) (0.397,1.096) (0.337,0.951) (0.297,0.802) (0.236,0.737) (0.219,0.782)
Min Max
Mean (SD)
Median Min Max
Mean dif
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