Clinical Evaluation of Short (6 mm) and Longer Implants Placed Side by Side in Posterior Partially Edentulous Area: A 3-Year Observational Study

Table 5

Cortical bone thickness and trabecular bone CT value of the implant placement sites.

			Short implant		Conventional implant		P
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Cortical bone thickness (mm)	Maxilla	Buccal	0.83	0.06	0.97	0.31	0.40
		Central	0.73	0.06	1.33	0.85
		Lingual	0.80	0.40	0.83	1.53
		Average	0.79	1.68	1.04	0.41
	Mandible	Buccal	2.21	1.72	1.61	0.32	0.36
		Central	2.26	1.98	1.60	0.54
		Lingual	1.87	1.76	1.40	0.62
		Average	2.11	1.80	1.54	0.41
	Total	Buccal	1.42	0.43	1.50	0.76	0.98
		Central	1.52	0.61	1.40	0.71
		Lingual	1.23	0.58	1.25	0.76
		Average	1.39	0.45	1.38	0.69
Trabecular bone CT value (HU)	Maxilla		307.2	143.3	338.2	262.0	0.72
	Mandible		474.2	331.2	442.1	284.6	0.48
	Total		424.1	290.1	410.9	267.9	0.73