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Table 1 Analysis of palatal suture opening pattern. T0, pre-expansion; T1, post-expansion

From: Tomographic assessment of palatal suture opening pattern and pterygopalatine suture disarticulation in the axial plane after midfacial skeletal expansion

  

T0

T1

Change after treatment

P value

Number

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

Males

20

0.00

0.00

0.52°

0.33

0.52°

0.33

< 0.01*

Females

30

0.00

0.00

0.60°

0.32

0.60°

0.32

< 0.0001*

Total

50

0.00

0.00

0.57°

0.32

0.57°

0.32

< 0.0001*

  1. *P < 0.01