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Table 6 Descriptive statistic: dental measures

From: Comparison between rapid and mixed maxillary expansion through an assessment of dento-skeletal effects on posteroanterior cephalometry

 

Initial

Change after treatment

Final

RME group

MME group

 

RME group

MME group

RME group

MME group

 

T0

T0

 

T1-T0

T1-T0

T1

T1

 

Dental measure (mm/°)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

pvalue

Mean

pvalue

Mean

pvalue

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

pvalue

um-um

57.07

2.49

56.29

3.51

ns

9.17

***

10.21

***

66.24

3.54

66.50

5.53

ns

lm-lm

56.52

2.78

57.10

3.56

ns

2.67

**

3.54

**

59.19

3.32

60.64

3.87

ns

Mfma

7.64°

2.01

6.83°

1.95

ns

4.15°

***

1.59°

*

11.79°

1.90

8.42°

1.88

***

UR6^Lo

94.29°

1.74

94.17°

2.07

ns

1.95°

*

1.26°

ns

96.24°

2.87

95.43°

2.77

ns

UL6^Lo

93.40°

1.85

92.86°

1.92

ns

2.89°

***

1.26°

*

96.29°

1.57

94.12°

1.64

***

uia-uia

7.07

1.38

7.31

1.89

ns

3.03

***

1.40

ns

10.10

2.14

8.71

2.59

ns

uim-uim

1.24

1.02

0.98

1.21

ns

0.59

ns

−0.29

ns

1.83

3.20

0.69

0.95

ns

Mia

5.69°

6.33

6.07°

6.84

ns

−9.26°

***

−4.78°

*

−3.57°

7.77

1.29°

7.69

*

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ns, not significant.