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Table 2 Results of histomorphometry measurements

From: Bone regeneration using composite non-demineralized xenogenic dentin with beta-tricalcium phosphate in experimental alveolar cleft repair in a rabbit model

 

N

% bone formation

% residual graft

β-TCP

8

30.08 ± 9.08

22.46 ± 2.80

Dentin/β-TCP

8

55.06 ± 7.20

47.44 ± 6.72

Mean difference

 

− 24.98 ± 3.71

− 28.17 ± 2.92

p value

 

0.0114*

0.0017*

95% CI of MD

 

− 32.93 to − 17.02

− 37.24 to − 20.73

  1. % bone formation = NBA/TDA × 100 and % residual graft = RGA/TDA in defect groups, (means ± standard deviations)
  2. NBA, new bone area; TDA, total defect area; RGA, residual graft area; CI, confidence interval; MD, mean difference
  3. * Statistically significant