Effect of the Location of Dental Mini-Implants on Strain Distribution under Mandibular Kennedy Class I Implant-Retained Removable Partial Dentures

Table 1

Mean microstrain of abutment teeth and dental mini-implants under applied bilateral loading (mean strain values (±SD in microstrain)).

Group	Implants		Abutment teeth
	150 N	200 N	150 N	200 N
1	—	—	−6.92 (10.11)^a	3.87 (10.48)^a
2	−34.79 (8.77) ^ab	−48.69 (8.22)^a	−0.45 (5.24)^a	−1.52 (9.66)^a
3	−42.50 (13.35)^a	−54.11 (13.19)^a	−2.77 (11.60)^a	−3.62 (17.30)^a
4	−28.02 (11.05)^b	−34.45 (5.77)^b	−3.16 (14.29)^a	7.65 (7.21)^a

Comparisons done appear in the same column. The same upper superscript case letter in the same column indicates no significant difference at  = 0.05.