Table 4.

Relationship between tooth inclination of each position and the relative masticatory phases measured as Spearman rank correlation coefficient (rho)

	Phase II		Buccal phase I		Lingual phase I
	ρ	p value	ρ	p value	ρ	p value
UR	−0.65	0.0026	−0.38	0.1	0.73	0.00035
UL	−0.09	0.7	0.14	0.55	0.006	0.98
LR	0.18	0.44	−0.56	0.011	0.52	0.025
LL	−0.056	0.82	−0.19	0.439	0.14	0.55

UL = upper left; UR = upper right; LL = lower left; LR = lower right.

Significant values in bold (α = 0.05).