Effect of Healing Time on Bone-Implant Contact of Orthodontic Micro-Implants: A Histologic Study

Table 1

Comparison bone-implant contact (BIC%) of microimplants in maxillary and mandibular groups.

Group	Maxilla	Mandible	Independent
	Mean (%) ± SD	Mean (%) ± SD	𝑡-test
Loaded
Immediate	62.69 ± 10.6	76.59 ± 9.6	P = 0.021*
Delay	67.42 ± 8.3	79.67 ± 14.7	P = 0.149
Unloaded
4 weeks	65.72 ± 15.5	84.71 ± 4.6	P = 0.009*
8 weeks	70.43 ± 10.4	88.22 ± 14.04	P = 0.003*

∗Significant at <0.05.