Masticatory performances and maximum occlusal forces of immediate and conventional loaded two-implant supported overdentures retained by magnetic attachments: preliminary study of randomized controlled clinical trial

International Journal of Implant Dentistry

Table 2 Median values for masticatory performance and maximum occlusal force between two loading groups

	Median [first, third quartile]
	Baseline	3 years	4 years	5 years
Color-changeable chewing gum score
Immediate	60.0 [38.7, 72.7]	104.2 [94.6, 118.5]	128.9 [115.0, 144.0]	146.0 [123.8, 162.8]
Conventional	53.3 [26.4, 73.4]	110.4 [76.0, 130.2]	134.4 [121.2, 155.8]	141 [96.6, 149.3]
P value	0.657	1.00	0.668	0.317
Gummy jelly score
Immediate	2 [0.75, 3]	5.5 [4, 6]	5 [2, 7]	3 [2, 7]
Conventional	1 [0.25, 3]	4 [1, 5]	4 [0.75, 5.25]	3.5 [2.25, 4.5]
P value	0.749	0.292	0.387	0.771
Maximum occlusal force (N)
Immediate	165.0 [117.5, 197.8]	286.0 [254.5, 325.3]	220.0 [193.0, 445.0]	322.0 [155.0, 328.0]
Conventional	136.5 [95.8, 234.5]	268.0 [232.0, 559.0]	323.0 [153.0, 477.0]	259.0 [174.0, 397.3]
P value	0.824	0.728	0.886	0.886

The median, first quartile, and third quartile values for masticatory performance (color-changeable chewing gum, gummy jelly) and maximum occlusal force between two loading groups from baseline to 3, 4, and 5-year evaluation time point