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Table 2 Clinical Jemt parameters of soft tissue from 3 to 12 months

From: Radiographic evaluation of a cross-shaped incision technique for thick-gingiva and thin-gingiva patients treated with implant-supported fixed prosthesis

Parameters

Follow-up (months)

Thin-gingiva

Thick-gingiva

P value

Mesial papilla

3

12

2.62 ± 0.62

2.41 ± 0.63

2.77 ± 0.66

2.54 ± 0.58

0.39

0.45

Distal papilla

3

12

2.52 ± 0.64

2.31 ± 0.66

2.69 ± 0.68

2.42 ± 0.58

0.33

0.51

mPI (mm)

3

12

0.89 ± 0.79

1.04 ± 0.84

1.04 ± 0.82

0.88 ± 0.65

0.51

0.47

mBI(mm)

3

12

0.61 ± 0.74

0.75 ± 0.88

0.77 ± 0.95

0.65 ± 0.80

0.49

0.68

PD (mm)

3

12

2.16 ± 0.42

1.94 ± 0.47

2.18 ± 0.41

2.07 ± 0.45

0.81

0.29

GML(mm)

Baseline

7.59 ± 1.24

7.17 ± 1.26

 

3

8.23 ± 1.26

7.53 ± 1.29

0.008*

 

12

9.01 ± 1.30

8.35 ± 1.48

0.04*

  1. Data were presented as means ± standard deviations (SD)
  2. *Significant difference (P < 0.05) between thin-gingiva group and thick-gingiva group;
  3. Significant difference (P < 0.05) between 3 months or 12 months and baseline