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Patient compliance and type of previous orthodontic treatment.
| Total Responders | Full Compliance | Fair Compliance | Poor Compliance | Chi-Square | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of p revious orthodontic treatment n (%) | ||||||
| Removable appliance | 420 (40.5%) | 158 (15.2%) | 165 (15.9%) | 97 (9.3%) | X2 (4, n = 1038) = 9.62 p = 0.0472 (p < 0.05) |
|
| Fixed appliance | 501 (48.3%) | 159 (15.3%) | 181 (17.4%) | 161 (15.5%) | ||
| Both removable & fixed | 117 (11.3%) | 40 (3.9%) | 45 (4.3%) | 32 (3.1%) | ||
| Total | 1038 (100%) | 357 (34.4%) | 391 (37.7%) | 290 (27.9%) | ||
