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Table 2 Demographic data

From: Propylene mesh versus acrylic resin stent for palatal wound protection following free gingival graft harvesting: a short-term pilot randomized clinical trial

Variable

Control group (n = 12)

Test group (n = 12)

P value

Age, mean ± SD years

27.67 ± 5.55

27.75 ± 4.96

0.809

Gender

1.500 ± 0.522

1.583 ± 0.515

0.586

 Males, n (%)

6 (50%)

5 (4166%)

 

 Females, n (%)

6 (50%)

7 (58.33%)

 

Full mouth plaque index, mean ± SD

10.917 ± 2.314

10.333 ± 2.103

0.461

Full mouth bleeding index, mean ± SD

12.417 ± 1.730

12.000 ± 1.595

0.447

Chief complaint (at recipient sites) n (%)

Recession defects, 4 (33.3%)

Recession defects, 7 (58.33%)

 
 

Narrow KTW, 5 (41.66%)

Narrow KTW, 2 (16.66%)

 
 

Thin biotype, 3 (25%)

Thin biotype, 3 (25%)

 

Palatal thickness (mm; mean ± SD)

12.417 ± 1.730

12.000 ± 1.595

0.447

Palatal height (mm; mean ± SD)

14.917 ± 2.021

14.417 ± 1.832

0.555