Table 1 Descriptive statistics and matching of the groups
IG11 | LT11 | IG9 | LT9 | Statistical test | Significance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | Chi-square | 0.696 n.s. |
10 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | |||
Age (years) | 15.61 ± 6.96 | 16.77 ± 7.75 | 15.54 ± 7.31 | 16.21 ± 3.89 | Kruskal–Wallis test | 0.401 n.s. | ||||
Implants measured | 20 | 18 | 19 | 21 | ||||||
Treatment time (years) | 3.17 ± 0.96 | 2.84 ± 1.25 | t test | 0.067 n.s. | ||||||
Vertical bone height | 4.87 ± 0.86 | 4.59 ± 0.87 | 5.28 ± 1.25 | 4.62 ± 1.10 | ANOVA | 0.237 n.s. | ||||