Facial esthetic outcome of functional followed by fixed orthodontic treatment of class II division 1 patients

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Table 5 Post hoc pairwise comparisons between treatment groups performed through Fisher’s least significant difference (LSD) test

Dependent variable	Treatment group (I)	Treatment group (J)	Mean difference (I–J)	SE	Sig.	95% confidence interval
Dependent variable	Treatment group (I)	Treatment group (J)	Mean difference (I–J)	SE	Sig.	Lower limit	Upper limit
Change in the face	Activator	Twin block	− 4.27	3.44	0.217	− 11.08	2.54
	Control	Activator	1.73	3.44	0.617	− 5.08	8.53
	Control	Twin block	− 2.54	3.44	0.461	− 9.35	4.27
Change in the lower face	Activator	Twin block	− 3.41	3.15	0.280	− 9.64	2.81
	Control	Activator	− 2.39	3.15	0.449	− 8.62	3.83
	Control	Twin block	− 5.81	3.15	0.067	− 12.03	0.42
Change in the upper lip	Activator	Twin block	− 1.77	2.81	0.530	− 7.33	3.79
	Control	Activator	− 2.12	2.81	0.452	− 7.68	3.44
	Control	Twin block	− 3.89	2.81	0.169	− 9.45	1.67
Change in the lower lip	Activator	Twin block	− 3.19	2.88	0.269	− 8.88	2.50
	Control	Activator	− 1.59	2.88	0.582	− 7.28	4.10
	Control	Twin block	− 4.78	2.88	0.099	− 10.47	0.91
Change in the chin	Activator	Twin block	− 4.23	2.95	0.154	− 10.07	1.61
	Control	Activator	0.10	2.95	0.973	− 5.74	5.94
	Control	Twin block	− 4.13	2.95	0.164	− 9.97	1.70