Table 1 Mean and standard deviation of distances (millimeter) between the mandibular landmarks and the axial plane observed at the three time-point evaluations. Results for repeated measures ANOVA

0.79^a

2.10

0.82^a

1.97

0.72^a

2.17

0.75^a

2.29

0.76^a

2.00

0.87^a

2.35

58.34^a

6.68

58.61^a

6.79

58.47^a

6.30

58.49^a

6.82

59.21^b

6.68

59.98^a,b

6.95

86.66^a

8.00

88.01^b

8.05

86.98^a

7.92