Assessment of Temperature Rise and Time of Alveolar Ridge Splitting by Means of Er:YAG Laser, Piezosurgery, and Surgical Saw: An Ex Vivo Study

Table 2

Mean time required to perform mandibular ridge splitting. The results showed significant differences in comparison with ridge splitting time in comparison between each group, respectively ().

Study groups	Time (sec) ± SD
Group 1 ()
Group 2 ()
Group 3 ()
Group 4 ()
	<0.05