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Table 3 Results of stiffness tests

From: Evaluation of the stiffness characteristics of rapid palatal expander screws

Type

Activations

Number

Mu

SD

2B

1

3

37

14.6

2B

2

3

96

24.7

2B

3

3

147

46.6

2B

4

3

183

61.3

2B

5

3

224

59.9

2B

6

3

256

49.7

2B

7

3

275

34.0

2B

8

3

282

11.0

2B

9

3

286

8.2

2B

10

3

284

20.7

2B

11

3

278

17.1

2B

12

3

271

19.7

2B

13

3

280

12.0

2B

14

3

275

14.1

2B

15

3

265

4.2

4B

1

7

24

6.6

4B

2

7

44

11.6

4B

3

7

66

18.0

4B

4

7

86

26.2

4B

5

7

103

32.9

4B

6

7

118

36.8

4B

7

7

131

39.2

4B

8

7

141

40.1

4B

9

7

151

41.6

4B

10

7

158

40.9

4B

11

7

164

42.2

4B

12

7

165

45.4

4B

13

7

158

42.8

4B

14

7

160

41.3

4B

15

7

162

41.5

4B

16

7

163

40.6

4B

17

7

164

41.2

4B

18

7

164

40.8

4B

19

7

164

40.4

4B

20

7

162

39.8

4B

21

7

162

38.6

4B

22

7

174

30.7

4B

23

7

172

29.2

4B

24

7

149

6.4

4B

25

7

149

6.8