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Table 4 Assessment of radiographic evaluation

From: Randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of absorbable collagen sponge after extraction of impacted mandibular third molar: split-mouth design

Value

Time

Collagen sponge insertion

Control

Lamina dura

T0

0.10 (0.54)

0.13 (0.50)

T1

−0.03 (0.31)

−0.06 (0.36)

T2

0.10 (0.40)

0.00 (0.26)

T3

0.32 (0.48)

0.16 (0.45)

Overall Density

T0

0.29 (0.82)

0.42 (0.62)

T1

0.06 (0.44)

−0.03 (0.41)

T2

0.48 (0.51)

0.29 (0.46)

T3

1.16 (0.73)

0.84 (0.73)

Trabecular pattern

T0

0.52 (0.68)

0.35 (0.61)

T1

0.29 (0.46)

0.13 (0.43)

T2

0.39 (0.50)

0.29 (0.53)

T3

0.71 (0.59)

0.61 (0.56)

  1. Abbreviations; T0, Pre-operation; T1, 1 week post-operatively, T2, 2 weeks post-operatively; T3, 14 weeks post-operatively Results are shown as mean (SD)