Table 2 Treatment outcome descriptive statistics comparing control to treatment group
From: Photobiomodulation accelerates orthodontic alignment in the early phase of treatment
| Â | Â | Arches | Time intervals | Initial LII (mm) | Alignment rate (mm/week) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Number | Sample | Maxilla/mandible | Sample | Maxilla/mandible | Mean | SD | Median | Range | Mean | SD | Median | Range |
Control | 17 | 23 | 13/10 | 52 | 32/20 | 5.04 | 3.34 | 4.24 | 1.2 to 15.3 | 0.49 | 0.40 | 0.45 | -0.15 to 1.55 |
Test | 73 | 113 | 59/54 | 262 | 140/122 | 6.35 | 3.87 | 5.55 | 1.1 to 15.3 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 0.84 | -0.19 to 7.49 |
p value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.04    |  |  |  | <0.00001 |  |