Effect of Using a Plastic Stent with Apically Repositioned Flap in Peri-Implant Soft Tissue Augmentation: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 1

The mean and standard deviation (SD) values of pink esthetic score of different groups.

Variables	Pink esthetic score
	Group1			Group2			value
	Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median
Baseline	0.00^cA	0.00	0.00	0.00^cA	0.00	0.00	1^ns
After 3 m	4.90^bA	0.74	5.00	4.80^bA	0.42	5.00	0.788^ns
After 6 m	7.90^aA	1.10	8.00	8.00^aA	0.94	8.00	0.935^ns
value	<0.001			<0.001

Means with different small letters in the same column indicate a statistically significant difference. Means with different capital letters in the same row indicate a statistically significant difference. Significant (); ns: nonsignificant ().