Table 5 Results of one-way ANOVA, divided by each group, comparing slot measurements for different archwires

Height of 0.019 × 0.025 archwire

0.277

8.544*

0.005

^†0.00009 (0.176)

^†− 0.00011 (0.109)

^†− 0.0002 (0.004)

Width of 0.019 × 0.025 archwire

0.016

16.320*

< 0.001

^‡− 0.00004 (0.886)

^‡− 0.00035* (< 0.001)

^‡− 0.00031* (0.023)

Height of 0.021 × 0.025 archwire

0.281

14.535*

0.001

^†0.00018 (0.098)

^†− 0.00025* (0.023)

^†− 0.00043* (< 0.001)

Width of 0.021 × 0.025 archwire

0.493

8.931*

0.004

^†0.0001 (0.491)

^†− 0.00025* (0.031)

^†− 0.00036* (0.004)

Radius of edge bevel of 0.019 × 0.025 archwire

0.006

66.584*

< 0.001

^‡0.00078* (0.029)

^‡− 0.0017* (0.001)

^‡− 0.00248* (< 0.001)

Radius of edge bevel of 0.021 × 0.025 archwire

0.006

21.184*

< 0.001

^‡0.00094* (0.023)

^‡− 0.00098 (0.065)

^‡− 0.00192* (0.005)