| Index |
Variation |
Self-ligating
N = 10 |
Control
N = 9 |
dif. |
T |
P |
| Average (mm) |
SD |
Average (mm) |
SD |
| Little [19] |
T2 - T1 |
-2.64 |
1.93 |
-2.08 |
0.74 |
0.56 |
-0.816 |
0.427ns |
| T3 - T2 |
-1.37 |
0.97 |
-0.24 |
0.26 |
1.13 |
-3.373 |
0.004* |
| T3 - T1 |
-4.00 |
1.99 |
-2.31 |
0.88 |
1.69 |
-2.331 |
0.033* |
| Fleming [7] |
T2 - T1 |
-5.64 |
2.69 |
-3.90 |
2.09 |
1.74 |
-1.535 |
0.144ns |
| T3 - T2 |
-3.64 |
2.04 |
-1.06 |
0.76 |
2.58 |
-3.552 |
0.003* |
| T3 - T1 |
-9.29 |
3.87 |
-4.96 |
2.65 |
4.32 |
-2.764 |
0.014* |
*- statistically significant difference (p<0,05)
ns – statistically non-significant difference |
