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Table 3 Descriptive and inferential statistics relative to the data obtained from the vertical bracket displacement model

From: Analysis of the characteristics of slot design affecting resistance to sliding during active archwire configurations

Vertical displacement

Brackets

Number of tests

Mean

SD

Minimum

Maximum

Pairwise comparison of tensile bonding strengths

Damon SL II

10

0.72

0.13

0.55

0.9

2, 4, 5

In-Ovation

10

1.1

0.17

0.89

1.4

1, 3, 4, 5

Quick

10

0.66

0.2

0.4

1.02

2, 4, 5

Synergy

10

0.92

0.06

0.83

1.05

1, 2, 3, 5

Time 2

10

1.48

0.12

1.23

1.63

1, 2, 3, 4

  1. One-way ANOVA (p < 0.001) and Student-Newman-Keuls test (p < 0.05) for all pairwise comparison of data of resistance to slides (Newton) recorded among the tested brackets.
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