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Table 2 Survival time statistics calculated using the Kaplan-Meier analysis

From: Clinical comparison between Multi-Stranded Wires and Single strand Ribbon wires used for lingual fixed retainers

Treatment

Success

Fail

Mean failure time (month)

95% CI

Twisted wire

113 (81.9%)

25 (18.1%)

23.48

23.14

23.81

Ribbon wire

102 (91.1%)

10 (8.9%)

23.53

23.09

23.97

  1. CI confidence interval