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Ligature maintenance periods and the ratio of ligature loss in each group
*Data are expressed as the mean ± SD. †Statistical significance relative to SWL group. WL: wire ligature, SL: silk ligature, SWL: silk-wire twisted ligature, n: the number of ligatures that fell out for the group, N: the number of teeth with ligatures in the group.
