Table 7.

Frequencies, Percentages, And Group Comparison According To Age, Gender And Annual Income Of Responses To Willingness To Increase In Treatment Fees For Each Additional Procedure Claimed To Reduce Treatment Time (N = 200). Significance Level Set At p<0.05

	Percentage Increase In Treatment Fees; n (%)			Significance Between Groups According To The Following Categories (p<0.05)
	10–20%	30–40%	50%	Age	Gender	Annual Income
Customized wires	120 (60.0%)	37 (18.5%)	43 (21.5%)	0.327	0.027*	0.023*
Corticotomies	160 (80.0%)	34 (17.0%)	6 (3.0%)	0.484	0.281	0.117
FDA approved teeth vibrators	119 (59.5%)	59 (29.5%)	22 (11.0%)	0.416	0.015*	0.046*
Piezocision	159 (79.5%)	31 (15.5%)	10 (5.0%)	0.350	0.794	0.521
FDA approved drug injections	117 (58.5%)	66 (33.0%)	17 (8.5%)	0.410	0.384	0.020*

Notes: No significant differences in responses between the groups according to age and gender were reported for all procedures (p>0.05). However, for the annual income, a significant difference in responses was reported for the FDA approved teeth vibrators (**p<0.01) and the FDA approved drug injections only (*p<0.05).