| Fixed appliances | Clear aligners | ||||||
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Pretreatment (Mean ± SD) | Post-treatment (Mean ± SD) | p value | Pretreatment (Mean ± SD) | Post-treatment (Mean ± SD) | p value | |||
Bone thickness | ||||||||
Central | Labial | S1 | 0.87 ± 0.39 | 0.70 ± 0.48 | 0.001a** | 0.84 ± 0.36 | 0.70 ± 0.55 | 0.088b |
S2 | 1.10 ± 0.40 | 1.15 ± 0.58 | 0.839b | 0.89 ± 0.37 | 0.95 ± 0.44 | 0.545b | ||
S3 | 1.07 ± 0.64 | 1.27 ± 1.00 | 0.407a | 1.00 ± 0.31 | 0.91 ± 0.63 | 0.539a | ||
Average | 1.07 ± 0.50 | 1.09 ± 0.74 | 0.205b | 0.94 ± 0.35 | 0.85 ± 0.55 | 0.096b | ||
Palatal | S1 | 1.65 ± 0.68 | 1.31 ± 0.74 | 0.001a** | 1.51 ± 0.52 | 1.24 ± 0.70 | 0.048b* | |
S2 | 3.25 ± 1.07 | 2.69 ± 1.25 | 0.000b*** | 3.00 ± 1.14 | 3.05 ± 1.13 | 0.361a | ||
S3 | 4.73 ± 1.69 | 4.22 ± 2.06 | 0.022b* | 4.64 ± 1.86 | 4.81 ± 1.58 | 0.125b | ||
Average | 3.23 ± 1.74 | 2.76 ± 1.87 | 0.000b*** | 3.05 ± 1.82 | 3.03 ± 1.88 | 0.623b | ||
Total | 2.15 ± 1.68 | 1.92 ± 1.64 | 0.000b*** | 1.99 ± 1.68 | 1.94 ± 1.76 | 0.596b | ||
Lateral | Labial | S1 | 0.79 ± 0.54 | 0.45 ± 0.59 | 0.000a*** | 0.85 ± 0.53 | 0.62 ± 0.58 | 0.007** |
S2 | 0.94 ± 0.48 | 1.01 ± 0.61 | 0.607b | 0.84 ± 0.58 | 0.65 ± 0.66 | 0.013a* | ||
S3 | 0.81 ± 0.51 | 0.93 ± 0.82 | 0.143a | 0.73 ± 0.65 | 0.61 ± 0.72 | 0.068a | ||
Average | 0.84 ± 0.51 | 0.80 ± 0.72 | 0.218b | 0.80 ± 0.58 | 0.63 ± 0.65 | 0.000b*** | ||
Palatal | S1 | 1.34 ± 0.54 | 1.12 ± 0.79 | 0.049b* | 1.23 ± 0.55 | 1.24 ± 0.86 | 0.514a | |
S2 | 2.38 ± 0.88 | 2.05 ± 1.22 | 0.022a* | 2.37 ± 1.12 | 2.48 ± 1.29 | 0.037b* | ||
S3 | 3.97 ± 1.29 | 3.39 ± 1.76 | 0.036a* | 3.76 ± 1.34 | 3.88 ± 1.56 | 0.034b* | ||
Average | 2.51 ± 1.38 | 2.19 ± 1.61 | 0.001b** | 2.45 ± 1.48 | 2.78 ± 1.96 | 0.000a*** | ||
Total | 1.67 ± 1.33 | 1.49 ± 1.42 | 0.001b** | 1.63 ± 1.39 | 1.71 ± 1.81 | 0.137b | ||
Bone height | ||||||||
Central incisors | Labial | 2.02 ± 0.59 | 2.94 ± 1.50 | 0.000b*** | 2.10 ± 0.55 | 3.00 ± 2.35 | 0.000b** | |
Palatal | 1.47 ± 0.66 | 2.30 ± 1.78 | 0.000b*** | 1.60 ± 0.51 | 2.29 ± 1.57 | 0.000a*** | ||
Lateral incisors | Labial | 2.56 ± 1.43 | 3.41 ± 1.69 | 0.000b*** | 2.84 ± 1.81 | 4.85 ± 3.88 | 0.000b*** | |
Palatal | 1.71 ± 0.60 | 2.73 ± 1.92 | 0.000a*** | 1.99 ± 1.53 | 2.44 ± 1.21 | 0.002b** | ||
Root Resorption | ||||||||
Central incisors | 11.82 ± 1.68 | 11.14 ± 2.10 | 0.000a*** | 12.14 ± 1.67 | 11.86 ± 1.60 | 0.000a*** | ||
Lateral incisors | 12.50 ± 1.36 | 11.95 ± 1.24 | 0.000a*** | 12.72 ± 1.24 | 12.38 ± 1.37 | 0.000a*** | ||
Inclination | ||||||||
UI-PP | 118.24 ± 6.65 | 119.47 ± 7.38 | 0.502a | 117.63 ± 7.0 | 113.12 ± 5.42 | 0.044a* |