Table 3.

Comparison of Esthetic Perceptions in Adolescent-Parent Pairs (N=376)

	Percentage of Adolescent –Parent Pairs			P-Value*
Item	Parents Less Satisfied	Same	Adolescents Less Satisfied
Overall appearance	16%	51%	33%	<0.001
Overall color	19%	50%	31%	0.048
Concern:	Parents More Concerned	Same	Adolescents More Concerned	P-Value†
Shape	7%	77%	15%	0.002
Color	20%	57%	22%	0.53
Alignment	15%	73%	13%	0.43
Spacing	10%	78%	12%	0.33
Crowding	9%	79%	12%	0.18
Color irregularities	12%	72%	16%	0.08
Other	4%	93%	2%	0.34

^*P-value from Bowker’s test of symmetry. The 4×4 tables of adolescent vs. parent responses have been condensed to “Improved”, “Same” and “Declined” for simplicity of presentation. The Bowker’s test employs all data in the off-diagonal cells of the 4×4 original tables.

^†P-value from McNemar’s test of symmetry