3.2. Clinical and Tomographical Outcomes
In both control and study groups, facial soft tissue thickness was significantly increased at 2 mm and 5 mm after 4 months from the initial surgery compared to baseline records inside each group. Furthermore, there was a significantly lower ridge width at 5 mm and 10 mm after 4 months compared to baseline records, as shown in Tables When comparing the net change of the clinical variables between the groups, it did not reach the statistical significance level despite the study group achieving fewer changes in the facial soft tissue thickness. However, tomographical results showed that the study group achieved significantly fewer alveolar bone dimensional changes in the buccolingual direction at 2 mm and 5 mm reference points than the control group, as shown in 