The Effect of Mini Dental Implant Number on Mandibular Overdenture Retention and Attachment Wear

Table 2

The retention force provided by 4 MDIs compared to 2 and 3 MDIs using ANOVA and post hoc tests where the mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.

ANOVA test sig.	Mean of retention force measured at	4 MDI model in comparison to	Tukey post hoc test sig.
≤0.001	1 month	2 MDI model	≤0.001
		3 MDI model	≤0.001
≤0.001	2 months	2 MDI model	≤0.001
		3 MDI model	≤0.001
≤0.001	3 months	2 MDI model	≤0.001
		3 MDI model	≤0.001
≤0.001	4 months	2 MDI model	≤0.001
		3 MDI model	≤0.001
≤0.001	5 months	2 MDI model	≤0.001
		3 MDI model	≤0.001
≤0.001	6 months	2 MDI model	≤0.001
		3 MDI model	≤0.001
≤0.001	7 months	2 MDI model	≤0.001
		3 MDI model	≤0.001
≤0.001	8 months	2 MDI model	≤0.001
		3 MDI model	≤0.001
≤0.001	9 months	2 MDI model	≤0.001
		3 MDI model	≤0.001
≤0.001	10 months	2 MDI model	≤0.001
		3 MDI model	≤0.001
≤0.001	11 months	2 MDI model	≤0.001
		3 MDI model	≤0.001