Table 3.

Sagittal tooth movement: patients in whom orthodontic sagittal tooth movement was performed (n = 48), subdivided into mesialization, distalization and simultaneous mesialization and distalization of different teeth; in total and in relation to the whole sample; in absolute and relative frequencies

	Patients with sagittal movement (n = 48)		All patients (n = 56)
	n	%	n	%
Mesialization ≥1 tooth	25	52.1	25	44.6
Distalization ≥1 tooth	13	27.1	13	23.2
Mesialization plus distalization	10	20.8	10	17.9