Effect of Recycling Protocol on Mechanical Strength of Used Mini-Implants

Table 2

Weight comparison between nonsandblasted and sandblasted bone screws (Mann-Whitney tests).

Diameters	Group 2 (nonsandblasted)		Group 3 (sandblasted)		𝑃
	Mean (g)	SD	Mean (g)	SD
1.3 mm	0.0519	0.000568	0.0508	0.000422	0.0014
1.4 mm	0.0567	0.000483	0.0551	0.000568	0.0003
1.5 mm	0.0607	0.000675	0.0599	0.000738	0.0211
1.6 mm	0.0664	0.000516	0.0653	0.000675	0.0040
1.7 mm	0.0746	0.000516	0.0733	0.000823	0.0031