Type of screw | Removal Torque in Nmm | std. dev. ± in Nmm | N |
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PTST | 270.9 | 87.3 | 9 |
TANNEW | 259.9 | 100.1 | 9 |
CCZTC | 246.6 | 96.9 | 9 |
CCTC | 245.6 | 91.1 | 8 |
TANST | 234.0 | 55.8 | 9 |
Steel | 155.8 | 83.6 | 9 |
CC | 130.1 | 45.8 | 7 |
- Note that Steel and cobalt-chrome have the lowest values compared to all other titanium or zirconium based implants. Statistically significant differences were found only for chrome cobalt compared to pure titanium screws (p = 0.031) (N = number of screws tested per group)