Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of the different linear and angular longitudinal differences

	Right side	Left side	p value
Frontal view
Anterior miniscrews—head to POP distance (mm)	3.31 ± 1.48	4.26 ± 1.95	0.071
Anterior miniscrews—tip to POP distance (mm)	2.61 ± 1.16	2.16 ± 1.56	0.259
Posterior miniscrews—head to POP distance (mm)	4.29 ± 1.58	4.03 ± 1.70	0.578
Posterior miniscrews—tip to POP distance (mm)	1.32 ± 2.14	− 0.48 [− 1.81, 2.01]	0.182
Posterior miniscrews—angle to occlusal plane (°)	3.21 ± 6.78	5.05 ± 5.68	0.264
Anterior miniscrews—angle to occlusal plane (°)	− 1.86 ± 3.08	− 4.90 [− 8.42, − 2.03]	0.026*
Lateral view
Anterior miniscrews—angle to occlusal plane (°)	− 0.28 ± 4.54	0.40 ± 5.60	0.522
Posterior miniscrews—angle to occlusal plane (°)	0.94 [− 0.93, 5.82]	0.48 [− 3.50, 8.42]	1.000

POP, perpendicular to occlusal plane. Results are expressed as Mean ± Standard Deviation or Median [Interquartile Range]. P value: paired t test, or Wilcoxon signed rank test, p value. *statistically significant