Using Different Low-Profile Abutments for Assisting Mandibular Implant Overdenture: A Split-Mouth Study

Table 2

Peri-implant-tissue change with both attachments after 6 and 12 months of implant loading.

	Locator		OT Equator		value
	6 m	12 m	6 m	12 m
	Mean SD	Mean SD	Mean SD	Mean SD
MPI	0.92; 0.26^a	1.50; 0.51^a,c	0.82; 0.26^b	1.42; 0.51^b,c	0.001^a; 0.003^b; 0.01^c
MBI	0.57; 0.19^a	1.14; 0.41^a	0.47; 0.22^b	1.07; 0.41^b	0.03^a; 0.01^b
GI	0.57; 0.11^a	1.28; 0.35^a	0.35; 0.21^b	1.1; 0.46^b	0.001^a; 0.001^b

Similar letters represent statistically significant difference in the same row. MPI, modified plaque index. MBI, modified bleeding index. GI, gingival index.