A Nonlinear Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Stress Distribution and Microstrain Evaluation in Short Dental Implants with Three Different Implant–Abutment Connections in Single and Splinted Conditions in the Posterior Mandible

Table 4

Microstrain values in peri-implant bone for standard, short, and splinted short implant-supported restorations with the different connections evaluated under vertical and oblique loading.

	EH	IC	ITC
Standard implant (Group AC)
Vertical loading	849.34	1,147.36	679.88
Oblique loading	1,601.61	2,090.83	863.89
Single short implant (Group AT)
Vertical loading	557.16	876.76	412.16
Oblique loading	1,329.75	1,629.79	740.09
Splinted short implant (Group B)
Vertical loading	331.26	559.14	245.57
Oblique loading	464.23	856.75	341.06