Does Oral Implant Design Affect Marginal Bone Loss? Results of a Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial

Table 3

Patient’s assessment of function (eating), esthetic and appearance, sense (“feeling like my own teeth”), speech, and self-esteem (visual analogue scale, [%]) before treatment (P), at prosthetic delivery (D), and at the 1-year follow-up (1 y).

	P	D	1 y	Significance (p)
				Function (eating)
n	33	32	33
Mean [%]	56.5	85.5	91.3	<0.0001	0.130	0.254
SD	21.5	19.6	10.5
Esthetic/appearance
n	33	32	33
Mean [%]	50.0	89.5	92.7	<0.0001	0.169	0.860
SD	24.8	11.3	9.3
Sense
n	31	32	33
Mean [%]	46.8	77.6	83.4	0.0001	0.209	0.696
SD	33.1	23.6	19.4
Speech
n	33	32	33
Mean [%]	68.2	89.5	92.1	0.0007	0.203	0.160
SD	26.7	12.6	9.2
Self-esteem
n	33	32	33
Mean [%]	65.2	89.4	90.7	<0.0001	0.486	0.306
SD	26.5	11.0	11.9

  -test for changes between P and D. mixed models to calculate the further progression from D to 1 y (D and 1 y in relation to the baseline value P). mixed models to evaluate the effect of the implant type (Ace/Max). file is missing for D.