Table 1.

Bonded retainer failure forces Mean ± Std. Deviation (in Newton) and comparison of three study groups

	Group			Test of significance p value
	Group A (n = 12)	Group B (n = 12)	Group C (n = 12)
Breaking force (Newton)
-Min-Max -Mean ± Std. Deviation -95% CI for mean	40.10–54.20 45.73 ± 4.48 42.88–48.57	179.00-231.00 209.67 ± 16.15 199.41-219.93	76.10–92.90 86.81 ± 4.59 83.89–89.72	F(BF) = 867.620 p < .001*
	Pairwise comparison using Games-Howell
	Group A	Group B	Group C
Group A		Diff=-163.94167 p < .001*	Diff=-41.08333 p < .001*
Group B			Diff = 122.85833 p < .001*
Group C

n : Number of samples.

Min-Max: Minimum – Maximum.

CI: Confidence interval.

* : Statistically significant (p < .05).

NS: Statistically not significant (p ≥ .05).