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

Table 3 Clinical parameters of hard tissue from 3 to 12 months

Parameters	Follow-up (month)	Thin-gingiva	Thick-gingiva	P value
Mesial fBIC-IS	Baseline	1.01 ± 0.82	0.72 ± 0.69	0.93
	3	0.44 ± 1.12^△	0.26 ± 0.76^△	0.67
	12	0.03 ± 1.31^△	− 0.02 ± 0.74^△	0.91
Distal fBIC-IS	Baseline	0.81 ± 0.82	0.71 ± 0.69^△	0.81
	3	0.33 ± 0.92^△	0.20 ± 0.74^△	0.58
	12	− 0.07 ± 0.98^△	− 0.20 ± 0.78^△	0.82
Mean fBIC-IS ((M + D)/2)	Baseline	0.91 ± 0.70	0.72 ± 0.62^△	0.93
	3	0.40 ± 0.95^△	0.29 ± 0.59^△	0.77
	12	− 0.02 ± 1.01^△	− 0.11 ± 0.63^△	0.82

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