Table 3.
Comparison of average chair side time and lab time per appointment between the two study groups.
| Time per appointment (Min) |
Group 1 (MBT appliance) (n = 25) |
Group 2 (Clear Aligners) (n = 25) |
Group 1 vs. Group 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of appointment | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | P-value | |
| Initial | Chair time | 28.22 | 1.70 | 4.39 | 0.61 | 0.001∗∗∗ |
| Lab time | – | – | 22.94 | 2.50 | – | |
| Scheduled | Chair time | 28.50 | 5.94 | 6.18 | 1.26 | 0.001∗∗∗ |
| Lab time | – | – | 33.19 | 3.38 | – | |
| Non-scheduled/Emergency | Chair time | 29.29 | 7.62 | 11.17 | 0.00 | 0.036∗ |
| Lab time | – | – | 64.00 | 0.00 | – | |
| Finishing | Chair time | 22.83 | 10.50 | 6.67 | 1.12 | 0.001∗∗∗ |
| Lab time | – | – | 32.33 | 3.08 | – | |
| Overall | Chair time | 26.45 | 2.74 | 5.82 | 0.95 | 0.001∗∗∗ |
| Lab time | – | – | 30.26 | 3.45 | – | |
P-values by Mann–Whitney U test. P-value <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. ∗P-value <0.05, ∗∗∗P-value <0.001.