Table 5. Comparison of changes from T0 to T1 among the three groups.
| Variable | Group | Mean T0 | SD | Mean T1 | SD | T0-T1 | SD | LSD§ | P-value# |
| DCMax (mm) | SL | 33.20 | 2.08 | 35.01 | 1.58 | 1.82*** | 1.99 | a | 0.0006 |
| CL | 33.54 | 2.40 | 34.56 | 1.69 | 1.03** | 2.28 | b | ||
| CT | 33.13 | 1.90 | 32.82 | 1.91 | -0.25 NS | 0.63 | c | ||
| DP1Max (mm) | SL | 39.36 | 2.97 | 43.04 | 1.7 | 3.68*** | 2.27 | a | <0.0001 |
| CL | 40.18 | 2.07 | 42.82 | 1.8 | 2.63*** | 1.94 | b | ||
| CT | 39.82 | 1.88 | 39.15 | 2.11 | -0.55*** | 0.43 | c | ||
| DP2Max (mm) | SL | 44.29 | 2.98 | 47.56 | 1.81 | 3.27*** | 2.23 | a | <0.0001 |
| CL | 45.06 | 2.59 | 47.8 | 2.06 | 2.73*** | 1.92 | a | ||
| CT | 45.29 | 2.05 | 44.82 | 2.32 | -0.43** | 0.65 | b | ||
| DM1Max (mm) | SL | 49.49 | 2.68 | 51.96 | 2.05 | 2.47*** | 1.74 | a | <0.0001 |
| CL | 50.32 | 2.68 | 52.11 | 2.47 | 1.79*** | 1.51 | b | ||
| CT | 50.16 | 2.68 | 49.93 | 2.76 | -0.16 NS | 1.17 | c | ||
| DM2Max (mm) | SL | 54.85 | 3.24 | 57.25 | 2.66 | 2.39*** | 1.75 | a | <0.0001 |
| CL | 55.86 | 2.78 | 56.69 | 3.07 | 0.83*** | 1.03 | b | ||
| CT | 55.79 | 2.44 | 55.48 | 2.48 | -0.26 NS | 0.63 | c | ||
| DCMd (mm) | SL | 25.66 | 2.60 | 26.21 | 1.62 | 0.55 NS | 2.32 | a, b | 0.04 |
| CL | 25.15 | 1.68 | 26.06 | 1.29 | 0.91*** | 1.73 | a | ||
| CT | 24.72 | 1.21 | 24.37 | 1.13 | -0.36** | 0.45 | b | ||
| DP1Md (mm) | SL | 32.42 | 2.63 | 35.43 | 1.85 | 3.01*** | 2.17 | a | <0.0001 |
| CL | 32.98 | 2.31 | 34.88 | 1.6 | 1.9*** | 1.85 | b | ||
| CT | 32.64 | 1.66 | 32.01 | 1.59 | -0.55*** | 0.6 | c | ||
| DP2Md (mm) | SL | 37.99 | 2.80 | 40.48 | 1.81 | 2.49*** | 2.13 | a | <0.0001 |
| CL | 38.62 | 2.58 | 40.63 | 1.9 | 2.01*** | 2.15 | a | ||
| CT | 38.17 | 2.12 | 37.63 | 2.23 | -0.48** | 0.67 | b | ||
| DM1Md (mm) | SL | 43.32 | 2.48 | 45.07 | 2.1 | 1.79*** | 1.61 | a | <0.0001 |
| CL | 43.59 | 2.48 | 44.72 | 2.19 | 1.08*** | 1.97 | b | ||
| CT | 44.30 | 1.90 | 43.39 | 2.14 | -0.74*** | 0.86 | c | ||
| DM2Md (mm) | SL | 48.38 | 2.78 | 51.06 | 2.65 | 2.68*** | 1.66 | a | <0.0001 |
| CL | 49.14 | 2.79 | 49.64 | 3.03 | 0.5* | 1.33 | b | ||
| CT | 49.80 | 1.82 | 49.08 | 2.01 | -0.67*** | 0.75 | c | ||
| IMPA (degrees) | SL | 91.88 | 7.03 | 95.02 | 8.74 | 3.15** | 6.78 | a | <0.0001 |
| CL | 92.40 | 5.31 | 99.53 | 5.32 | 7.13*** | 5.53 | b | ||
| CT | 94.39 | 6.98 | 94.5 | 6.85 | 0.11 NS | 0.68 | a | ||
| MAng (degrees) | SL | 95.60 | 5.45 | 102.6 | 5.29 | 7*** | 4.41 | b | <0.0001 |
| CL | 94.19 | 5.72 | 94.85 | 3.97 | 0.66 NS | 5.28 | a | ||
| CT | 93.78 | 4.11 | 94.17 | 3.82 | 0.39 NS | 1.82 | a | ||
| ArchD (mm) | SL | 22.41 | 1.95 | 22.17 | 1.46 | -0.25 NS | 1.41 | --- | 0.09 |
| CL | 21.40 | 3.12 | 22.31 | 1.46 | 0.91 NS | 3.66 | --- | ||
| CT | 21.39 | 1.88 | 21.26 | 1.95 | -0.13 NS | 0.46 | --- |
Changes from T0 to T1 Student’s t-test (NS p>0.05; * p<0.05; ** p<0.01; *** p<0.001). § Comparative post-hoc tests LSD method 95%. # P-value ANOVA 95%.