Variations in Soft and Hard Tissues following Immediate Implant Placement versus Delayed Implant Placement following Socket Preservation in the Maxillary Esthetic Region: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 3

Changes in PES score of the study participants ().

Variables	Group I ()			Group II ()			value
	Baseline	End of 6 months	Difference^^	Baseline	End of 6 months	Difference^^
PES^&							0.45
Median (IQR)	13.0 (2.0)	12.0 (4.0)	1.0 (1.0)^#	11.0 (1.5)	10.5 (1.5)	1.0 (1.0)^#
(%)	3.0 (12.0)	8.0 (32.0)	5.0	6.0 (12.0)	11.0 (44.0)	5.0	0.002^$
and ≤12; (%)	6.0 (24.0)	11.0 (44.0)	1.0	16.0 (64.0)	13.0 (52.0)	-3.0
and ≤14; (%)	16.0 (64.0)	10.0 (40.0)	-6.0	3.0 (12.0)	1.0 (4.0)	-2.0

^# considered as significant using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. was tested by using the Mann–Whitney test. ^$ considered as significant using Fisher’s exact test.