Table 1 Measurement of midpalatal suture bone density at T1 and T2
From: Midpalatal suture bone repair after miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion in adults
Density (HU) | T1 (Pre-expansion) | T2 (Post-expansion) | T2–T1 | p | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | Absolute | Relative | ||
Anterior | 841.22 | 320.94 | 353.42 | 1543.19 | 556.87 | 308.75 | − 13.50 | 1247.93 | − 284.35 | − 33.80% | 0.005* |
Median | 759.34 | 242.88 | 422.76 | 1287.42 | 172.38 | 229.48 | − 119.17 | 678.40 | − 586.96 | − 77.29% | < 0.001* |
Posterior | 751.95 | 330.82 | 212.30 | 1511.37 | 359.93 | 424.07 | − 319.96 | 1061.75 | − 392.01 | − 52.13% | 0.008* |