Figure 7

Implant discontinuities. Number of implant discontinuities and number of implant discontinuities containing newly formed bone at 1, 3, and 6 months post-implantation. Three months and six months post-implantation, SPC has significantly more discontinuities than CPC. Six months post-implantation, the number of discontinuities containing the newly formed bone is significantly higher in SPC as compared to CPC (mean values ± standard error, using two-sided Mann-Whitney U test for comparison between CPC and SPC at equal points in time with significance level at p < 0.05).