Dimensional Ridge Preservation with a Novel Highly Porous TiO ₂ Scaffold: An Experimental Study in Minipigs

Table 2

Mean values and standard deviations of alveolar wall thickness (𝐴–𝐶) and total bone thickness (𝐴^′ –𝐶^′) on different levels: 1 mm (𝐴), 3 mm (𝐵), and 5 mm (𝐶) apical of the buccal and lingual bone crest. Values are given in millimetres after 6 weeks of healing. No significant difference was detected between scaffold and sham groups. 𝑛=11.

	Scaffold	Sham	P value		Scaffold	Sham	P value
A buccal	0.85 ± 0.43	0.81 ± 0.29	0.82	𝐴^′ buccal	2.98 ± 0.52	3.22 ± 0.58	0.35
B buccal	2.01 ± 0.84	2.31 ± 0.66	0.37	𝐵^′ buccal	4.11 ± 0.93	4.67 ± 0.94	0.20
C buccal	3.28 ± 1.14	3.80 ± 0.93	0.28	𝐶^′ buccal	5.35 ± 1.22	6.17 ± 1.12	0.14
A lingual	0.84 ± 0.43	0.77 ± 0.35	0.69	𝐴^′ lingual	2.93 ± 0.53	3.15 ± 0.58	0.41
B lingual	1.64 ± 0.56	1.73 ± 0.52	0.73	𝐵^′ lingual	3.74 ± 0.68	4.09 ± 0.69	0.27
C lingual	2.37 ± 0.61	2.54 ± 0.63	0.53	𝐶^′ lingual	4.43 ± 0.69	4.89 ± 0.79	0.19