Table 1 Characteristics of cases diagnosed with cracked teeth.

Parameter		Number of cases⁷	Percent⁷ (%)
Implant amount	Single	9	27.3
	Two	9	27.3
	Three or more	15	45.5
Implant location in relation to the cracked tooth	Adjacent	9	27.3
	Non adjacent	17	51.5
	Multiple sites	7	21.2
Time from implant loading to crack diagnosis	Less than 1 year	10	30.3
	Between 1 to 3 years	12	36.4
	More than 3 years	11	33.3
Gender	Women	36	50
Gender	Men	36	50
Patients age more than 50		39	54
Tooth type	Molar	51	63.8
	Premolar	24	30
	Incisor	5	6.3
Vital pulps¹		63	78.8
Normal periapical diagnosis²		69	86.3
Fracture location (*)	M-D³	24	41.4
	B-L³	20	34.5
	Both	14	24.1
Amount of fractures (*)	Single	43	63.2
Amount of fractures (*)	multi	25	36.8
Presence of both adjacent teeth⁴		55	68.8
Type of restoration (*)	Amalgam	55	63
	Composite	12	14
	Full coverage	6	7
	No restoration	4	5
Extension of restoration⁵	Extensive	59	74.7
	Full coverage restoration	6	7
	Minor/none	13	16.5
Presence of caries		50	63.3
Deep periodontal pockets⁶		26	34.7

¹Vital = the tooth was diagnosed with either normal pulp or pulpitis, Non-vital = the pulp was necrotic; ²categorized as ‘normal’ or ‘with periapical pathology; ³M-D = mesio-distal, B-L = buccolingual; ⁴present = both adjacent teeth were present; ⁵extensive restoration=the restoration covered two or more of the tooth crown aspects, but not the whole crown, minor restoration = the restoration covered one aspect of the tooth crown; ⁶deep periodontal pocket = probing depth >4 mm; ⁷In cases where the evaluated parameters were not available from the patients’ medical records, the results were presented as a percentage from the number of cases in which that parameter was available; *P < 0.05.

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