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. 2019 Mar 28;89(5):679–687. doi: 10.2319/090418-646.1

Table 2.

Comparison of Predicted and Achieved Tooth Movement and Pearson's Correlation Coefficients (r; n = 60)a

Measurement
Predicted
Achieved
Difference
P Valueb
r
P Valuec
U6_Angulation, ° −2.94 ± 3.84 2.92 ± 4.62 5.86 ± 3.51 .000 .669 .000
U6MC_MDT, mm 0.87 ± 1.40 3.13 ± 1.35 2.26 ± 1.58 .000 .345 .007
U6DC_ MDT, mm 0.88 ± 1.50 3.19 ± 1.39 2.31 ± 1.67 .000 .338 .008
U6MC_OGT, mm −0.32 ± 0.52 0.29 ± 0.88 0.61 ± 0.89 .000 .273 .035
U6DC_OGT, mm −0.02 ± 0.44 0.00 ± 0.86 0.01 ± 0.91 .930 .142 .279
U1_Torque, ° −9.27 ± 9.09 −14.43 ± 7.34 −5.16 ± 5.92 .000 .760 .000
U1_LLT, mm −6.60 ± 2.66 −4.47 ± 1.81 2.12 ± 1.51 .000 .839 .000
U1_OGT, mm −1.18 ± 1.60 −1.68 ± 1.02 −0.50 ± 1.17 .002 .682 .000
a 

U6MC indicates mesial buccal cusp of upper first molar; U6DC, distal buccal cusp of upper first molar; MDT, mesiodistal translation; LLT, labiolingual translation; OGT, occlusogingival translation.

b 

Paired t-test; statistical significance at P ≤ .05.

c 

Pearson correlation analysis; statistical significance at P ≤ 0.05.