Research Article

Photoelastic Analysis of Fixed Partial Prosthesis Crown Height and Implant Length on Distribution of Stress in Two Dental Implant Systems

Table 4

Comparison of the study factors implant length and implant system relative to the crown height under axial loading in MPa.

FactorVariablesProsthetic crown
8 mm13 mm

Implant lengthShort33.4 ± 16.0
Aa
28.3 ± 12.2
Aa
Long24.6 ± 12.5
Ba
26.8 ± 13.4
Aa

SystemNeodent25.7 ± 11.4
Aa
31.5 ± 16.5
Ab
Bicon26.5 ± 13.0
Aa
29.4 ± 13.9
Aa

Note. Different uppercase letters represent statistically significant differences between implant length and between implant systems. Different lowercase letters represent differences between crown heights (Tukey’s test; ).