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

Table 4

Distribution of soft tissue (%) around the microimplants.

Group	Cervical third	Middle third	Apical third
	Mean (%) ± SD	Mean (%) ± SD	Mean (%) ± SD
Maxilla
Loaded
Immediate	78.62 ± 31.2	4.75 ± 11.5	16.62 ± 26.5
Delayed	100 ± 0	0	0
Unloaded
4 weeks	72.28 ± 24.4	9.71 ± 13.8	18 ± 20.4
8 weeks	100 ± 0	0	0
Mandible
Loaded
Immediate	64.28 ± 22.9	7.14 ± 12.1	28.57 ± 20.9
Delayed	88.00 ± 26.83	6 ± 13.14	6 ± 13.4
Unloaded
4 weeks	90.86 ± 17	4.57 ± 8.5	4.57 ± 8.5
8 weeks	100 ± 0	0	0
Total	85.51 ± 23.1	4.27 ± 9.7	10.21 ± 18.1