Evaluation of Stability of Surface-Treated Mini-Implants in Diabetic Rabbits

Table 1

Maximum torque (Ncm), total energy (J), and BIC (%).

		DM	Type of mini-implant (mean ± SD)		Significance
			Control	SLA
𝑁=8; per group	Maximum insertion torque; (Ncm)	DM	11.63±4.39	11.06±5.19	Control ≓ SLA (𝑃=0.410); Normal ≓ DM (𝑃=0.460)
		Normal	13.31±2.75	11.50±3.26
	Total insertion energy; (J)	DM	1.64±0.55	1.27±0.54	Control ≓ SLA (𝑃=0.066); Normal > DM  (𝐏=𝟎.𝟎𝟐𝟕)^∗
		Normal	1.95±0.34	1.70±0.35
	Maximum removal torque; (Ncm)	DM	3.94±1.05	6.13±2.30	Control < SLA  (𝐏=𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟏)^†; Normal ≓ DM (𝑃=0.332)
		Normal	3.75±0.85	5.31±1.07
	Total removal energy; (J)	DM	0.74±0.27	0.96±0.61	Control ≓ SLA (𝑃=0.445); Normal < DM  (𝐏=𝟎.𝟎𝟏𝟖)^∗
		Normal	0.56±0.13	0.53±0.11
𝑁=4; per group	BIC (%)	DM	13.21±5.46	14.77±7.67	Control ≓ SLA (𝑃=0.798); Normal ≓ DM (𝑃=0.161)
		Normal	17.93±6.71	19.48±7.67

DM: diabetes mellitus; Ncm: newton per centimeter; SLA: sandblasted with large grit and acid etched; significance: ^∗𝑃<0.05; ^†𝑃<0.01; BIC: bone to implant contact ratio.