From: Force level of small diameter nickel-titanium orthodontic wires ligated with different methods
DF | 0.5 mm | 1.0 mm | 2.0 mm | 3 mm | |||||||||
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MS | F | p | MS | F | p | MS | F | p | MS | F | p | ||
Wire alloy | 1 | 181.55 | 2.260 | 0.135 | 2768 | 4.525 | 0.035 | 341,643 | 4647.44 | 0.000 | 307,140 | 3296.7 | 0.000* |
Bracket | 3 | 5380.77 | 66.983 | 0.000 | 20,336 | 33.243 | 0.000 | 25,447 | 346.17 | 0.000 | 70,766 | 759.6 | 0.000* |
Diameter | 1 | 30.14 | 0.375 | 0.541 | 45,841 | 74.936 | 0.000 | 315,513 | 4291.99 | 0.000 | 630,812 | 6770.7 | 0.000* |
Interaction wire alloy/bracket | 3 | 17.45 | 0.217 | 0.884 | 1345 | 2.198 | 0.091 | 561 | 7.63 | 0.000 | 4579 | 49.1 | 0.000* |
Interaction wire alloy/diameter | 1 | 6.87 | 0.085 | 0.770 | 365 | 0.597 | 0.441 | 9868 | 134.23 | 0.000 | 21,448 | 230.2 | 0.000* |
Interaction bracket/diameter | 3 | 351.73 | 4.379 | 0.006 | 1744 | 2.850 | 0.040 | 8242 | 112.11 | 0.000 | 18,182 | 195.2 | 0.000* |
Interaction wire alloy/bracket/diameter | 3 | 111.75 | 1.391 | 0.248 | 3318 | 5.423 | 0.001 | 4248 | 57.79 | 0.000 | 7855 | 84.3 | 0.000* |