Effects of implant length and 3D bone-to-implant contact on initial stabilities of dental implant: a microcomputed tomography study

Table 2 The values and statistical analyses of three kinds of 3D BICs of various lengths of implants

Length (mm)	pBICA (mm²)				BICA (mm²)				3D BIC%
Length (mm)	Median*	IQR	Max	Min	Median*	IQR	Max	Min	Median*	IQR	Max	Min
8.5	117.35 ^a	0.06	117.39	117.31	67.97 ^a	2.19	70.33	66.57	57.91 ^a	1.87	59.93	56.76
10	139.62 ^b	0.05	139.64	139.57	78.08 ^b	2.25	79.35	76.31	55.91 ^a	1.62	56.02	54.65
11.5	165.52 ^c	0.08	165.56	165.47	89.10 ^c	0.84	89.38	88.21	53.83 ^b	0.49	54	53.31
13	183.48 ^d	0.06	183.54	183.46	94.16 ^d	2.22	96.13	92.62	51.31 ^c	1.22	52.39	50.46
P†	<0.001				<0.001				0.001

†Kruskal-Wallis test
* Post hoc pairwise comparisons were conducted by exact Mann-Whitney U-Test with the Bonferroni adjustment; medians with the same letter ^a,b,c,d are not significantly different at the 0.00833 (0.05/6) level

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