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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2011 Oct;140(4):510–519. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2010.10.024

Table I.

Comparison of the measurements at T1, T2, and the changes in the cranial and circummaxillary sutures (n = 20)

T1
T2
Change
Mean SD Max Min Mean SD Max Min Mean SD Max Min P value
Frontozygomatic width Rt (mm) 0.6 0.3 1.2 0.1 0.6 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.065

Frontozygomatic width Lt (mm) 0.6 0.3 1.3 0.2 0.7 0.3 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.063

Frontomaxillary width Rt (mm) 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.2 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.006*

Frontomaxillary width Lt (mm) 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.3 1.6 0.4 0.1 0.2 1.5 0.1 0.003*

Zygomaticomaxillary width Rt (mm) 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.055

Zygomaticomaxillary width Lt (mm) 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.055

Zygomaticotemporal width Rt (mm) 0.6 0.3 1.4 0.5 0.7 0.2 1.5 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.065

Zygomaticotemporal width Lt (mm) 0.6 0.3 1.3 0.4 0.7 0.2 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.065

Pterygomaxillary width Rt (mm) 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.065

Pterygomaxillary width Lt (mm) 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.2 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.065

Frontonasal width Rt (mm) 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.2 0.7 0.2 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.1 <0.001*

Frontonasal width Lt (mm) 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.3 0.7 0.2 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.1 <0.001*

Nasomaxillary width Rt (mm) 0.5 0.1 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.2 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.1 <0.001*

Nasomaxillary width Lt (mm) 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.4 1.0 0.2 1.5 0.7 0.4 0.2 1.1 0.1 <0.001*

Internasal width (mm) 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.3 1.1 0.3 1.9 0.7 0.6 0.3 2.7 0.5 <0.001*

Intermaxillary width (mm) 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.2 2.2 0.9 4.3 1.1 1.7 0.9 3.6 0.6 <0.001*

T1, Pretreatment measurements; T2, posttreatment measurements; Rt, right; Lt, left; Max, maximum; Min, minimum.

*

Statistically significant at P <0.05.