Table 4.
Pre- and posttreatment descriptive soft tissue statistics in both cleft and noncleft group
| Soft tissue measurement | Pretreatment -T1 | Posttreatment–T2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleft | Noncleft | Significance | Cleft | Noncleft | Significance | |
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||
| UL-E | −2.47 ± 0.55 | −1.15 ± 0.49 | *** | 0.36 ± 0.76 | 0.45 ± 0.58 | NS |
| LL-E | 3.17 ± 1.15 | 3.28 ± 1.31 | NS | 2.33 ± 1.41 | 1.65 ± 1.53 | NS |
LL, lower lip; *SD, standard deviation; UL, upper