Comparison of the accuracy of bracket positioning between direct and digital indirect bonding techniques in the maxillary arch: a three-dimensional study

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Table 3 Mean and standard deviation of the differences in mesio-distal positioning between direct and indirect methods using MBT and Damon brackets

Tooth	Mesio-distal positioning deviation	N	Mean	Sd	Comparison between MBT and Damon brackets	Comparison with the theoretical value 0.5 mm
Tooth	Mesio-distal positioning deviation	N	Mean	Sd	p-value	p-value
15	MBT	20	0.320	0.149	< 0.001	< 0.001
15	DAMON	20	0.565	0.133	< 0.001	0.043
14	MBT	20	0.304	0.150	0.001	< 0.001
14	DAMON	20	0.508	0.142	0.001	0.815
13	MBT	20	0.373	0.116	< 0.001	< 0.001
13	DAMON	20	0.560	0.104	< 0.001	0.019
12	MBT	20	0.234	0.097	< 0.001	< 0.001
12	DAMON	20	0.508	0.105	< 0.001	0.754
11	MBT	20	0.277	0.072	< 0.001	< 0.001
11	DAMON	20	0.536	0.117	< 0.001	0.184
21	MBT	20	0.312	0.143	< 0.001	< 0.001
21	DAMON	20	0.501	0.083	< 0.001	0.957
22	MBT	20	0.371	0.129	< 0.001	< 0.001
22	DAMON	20	0.531	0.093	< 0.001	0.151
23	MBT	20	0.384	0.118	0.005	< 0.001
23	DAMON	20	0.492	0.106	0.005	0.740
24	MBT	20	0.352	0.139	0.002	< 0.001
24	DAMON	20	0.499	0.109	0.002	0.952
25	MBT	20	0.332	0.176	< 0.001	< 0.001
25	DAMON	20	0.525	0.079	< 0.001	0.173