Table 2.

Changes in the first molar, central incisor, and mandibular plane during space closure using the maxillary miniscrew sliding technique (N = 20)

Variable	Mean	Standard deviation	T	P value
6-X (mm)	0.97	0.99	4.345	0.000
6-Y (mm)	1.29	0.88	6.528	0.000
6-Z (mm)	−0.37	1.12	−1.478	0.156
6-Total (mm)	2.24	0.75	13.318	0.000
1-X (mm)	7.12	2.35	13.548	0.000
1-Y (mm)	−2.68	1.77	−6.764	0.000
1-Z (mm)	0.55	2.16	1.133	0.271
1-Total (mm)	7.99	2.72	13.141	0.000
ΔMP (°)	0.83	1.65	−2.230	0.038