Effect of the Location of Dental Mini-Implants on Strain Distribution under Mandibular Kennedy Class I Implant-Retained Removable Partial Dentures

Table 2

Mean microstrain of abutment teeth and dental mini-implants under applied unilateral loading (mean strain values (±SD in microstrain)).

Group	Loaded site				Unloaded site
	Implant		Abutment tooth		Implant		Abutment tooth
	150 N	200 N	150 N	200 N	150 N	200 N	150 N	200 N
1	—	—	10.50 (6.83)^b	19.04 (9.27)^c	—	—	10.07 (9.89)^a	7.23 (12.30)^a
2	−170.65 (6.03)^a	−202.32 (4.29)^a	−2.48 (10.22)^a	2.11 (12.12)^a	14.48 (7.85)^b	22.57 (5.09)^b	0.21 (12.62)^a	6.01 (7.56)^a
3	−177.59 (11.61)^a	−186.22 (12.37)^b	9.78 (9.02)^ab	14.29 (8.42)^bc	−6.39 (14.81)^a	4.07 (8.58)^a	1.97 (15.93)^a	2.11 (10.63)^a
4	−99.12 (3.70)^b	−113.84 (6.38)^c	9.09 (4.29)^ab	5.04 (6.45)^ab	−10.85 (6.64)^a	−0.06 (5.83)^a	9.58 (10.95)^a	2.82 (7.20)^a

Comparisons done appear in the same column. The same upper superscript case letter in the same column indicates no significant difference at  = 0.05.