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Table 2 Estimated means and SEs of thickness of crestal soft tissue at the alveolar crest

From: CBCT analysis of crestal soft tissue thickness before implant placement and its relationship with cortical bone thickness

Demographics

Group

All sites (mm)

Non-grafted native bone sites (mm)

Bone-grafted sites (mm)

All

 

2.16 (0.044)

2.17 (0.048)

2.15 (0.091)

Gender

Female

2.09 (0.061)

2.04 (0.067)*

2.21 (0.124)

Male

2.24 (0.063)

2.29 (0.068)*

2.08 (0.136)

Age group

18–40

2.37 (0.143)

2.46 (0.166)

2.2 (0.274)

41–65

2.13 (0.063)

2.11 (0.067)

2.19 (0.134)

> 65

2.16 (0.069)

2.17 (0.074)

2.1 (0.143)

Edentulous site group

Maxillary and mandibular anterior sites

2.41 (0.105)*

2.49 (0.152)*

2.41 (0.158)

Maxillary posterior sites

2.16 (0.059)*

2.18 (0.063)*

2.03 (0.136)

Mandibular posterior sites

2.06 (0.07)*

2.06 (0.075)*

2.04 (0.173)

  1. SE Standard error
  2. *: p < 0.05