Table 2.
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Mean + SD | Mean + SD | Mean + SD | Mean + SD | Mean + SD | Mean + SD | |||||
Alignment | 14.26+3.45 | 4.35+3.15 | -9.91+3.56 | .001 | *** | 15.23+3.14 | 4.73+4.12 | -10.50+4.25 | .000 | *** |
Marginal ridges | 4.56+2.35 | 1.81+3.46 | -2.75+2.13 | .002 | *** | 5.35+4.36 | 1.56+2.89 | -3.79+1.89 | .000 | *** |
Buccolingual inclination | 7.25+1.02 | 3.70+1.01 | -3.55+1.36 | .001 | *** | 8.82+1.98 | 2.97+1.13 | -5.85+2.68 | .000 | *** |
Occlusal contacts | 6.13+3.33 | 4.25+3.32 | -1.88+0.13 | 0.32 | NS | 7.22+2.20 | 3.32+4.22 | -3.90+1.12 | .000 | *** |
Occlusal relations | 6.31+1.36 | 4.35+1.44 | -1.96+1.10 | 0.068 | NS | 6.37+2.18 | 3.40+1.23 | -2.93+1.12 | .000 | *** |
Overjet | 8.60+2.13 | 3.83+2.65 | -4.77+2.13 | 0.001 | *** | 8.38+1.46 | 2.68+1.23 | -5.7+1.20 | .000 | *** |
Interproximal contacts | 1.02+1.56 | 0.15+4.32 | -0.87+1.46 | 0.000 | *** | 1.10+1.22 | 0.10+3.88 | -1.00+0.68 | .000 | *** |
Root angulation | 6.84+1.87 | 2.05+1.58 | -4.79+1.45 | 0.000 | *** | 6.21+1.46 | 1.35+1.25 | -4.68+2.32 | .000 | *** |
OGS score | 54.97+8.33 | 24.49+7.45 | -30.48+9.23 | 0.000 | *** | 58.68+8.36 | 20.11+6.24 | -38.57+8.87 | .000 | *** |
**P<0.05;
P<0.001;
NS indicates not significant.