Condylar morphology and position changes after miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion in skeletal Class III malocclusion adult patients with mandibular deviation and unilateral posterior crossbite

Progress in Orthodontics

Table 6 Comparison of the difference between T1-T2 on the deviated and non-deviated sides (cranial base registration)

Variables	DS_T1− DS_T2	NDS_T1− NDS_T2	P
Variables	Mean SD	Mean SD	P
SC− MSP (mm)	− 0.66 0.61	− 0.13 0.53	0.394‡
SC− FHP (mm)	0.53 0.34	0.50 0.22	0.835†
SC− VRP (mm)	0.18 0.55	− 0.16 0.19	0.442†
AC− MSP (mm)	0.17 0.65	0.01 0.22	0.658†
AC− FHP (mm)	− 0.06 0.29	0.31 0.35	0.180‡
AC− VRP (mm)	0.33 0.60	0.08 0.35	0.302†
PC− MSP (mm)	− 0.08 0.51	− 0.05 0.22	1.000‡
PC− FHP (mm)	0.10 0.35	0.22 0.35	0.636†
PC− VRP (mm)	0.58 0.74	0.10 0.51	0.249†
LC− MSP (mm)	− 0.17 0.36	− 0.18 0.25	0.961†
LC− FHP (mm)	− 0.91 2.63	1.72 2.99	0.093‡
LC− VRP (mm)	0.19 0.65	− 0.22 0.59	0.193†
MC− MSP (mm)	0.15 0.38	0.15 0.33	0.990†
MC− FHP (mm)	0.16 0.64	0.12 0.73	0.906†
MC− VRP (mm)	0.33 0.55	0.10 0.74	0.310‡

DS, deviated side; NDS, non-deviated side; †paired t test; ‡Wilcoxon signed rank test