Table 6 Intra-group comparison (T0T1) of the two studied groups
Variable | Clear aligners (CA) | Fixed appliances (FA) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T0 | T1 | P value | T0 | T1 | P value | ||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||
Skeletal measurements | |||||||||||
SNA | 83.59 | 3.22 | 83.46 | 3.54 | 0.557 | 83.05 | 3.41 | 82.80 | 3.38 | 0.143 | |
SNB | 77.58 | 3.47 | 77.87 | 3.90 | 0.272 | 77.30 | 3.65 | 77.82 | 3.66 | 0.024 | |
ANB | 6.01 | 1.26 | 5.58 | 1.75 | 0.020 | 5.82 | 1.09 | 4.99 | 1.48 | < 0.001 | |
SN ^ MP | 37.09 | 2.32 | 37.33 | 2.87 | 0.369 | 34.27 | 2.14 | 35.19 | 2.28 | 0.027 | |
Dental measurements | |||||||||||
U6C-VP | 27.43 | 3.22 | 25.22 | 2.97 | < 0.001 | 24.62 | 3.75 | 22.52 | 3.57 | < 0.001 | |
U6A-VP | 26.88 | 2.27 | 24.49 | 2.81 | 0.003 | 25.65 | 3.03 | 23.43 | 3.71 | 0.002 | |
Mandibular fossa dimension | |||||||||||
MFH | 9.49 | 1.37 | 9.48 | 1.31 | 0.838 | 8.45 | 1.18 | 8.63 | 1.03 | 0.091 | |
MFW | 15.68 | 1.14 | 15.69 | 1.41 | 0.928 | 16.13 | 1.36 | 16.14 | 1.25 | 0.950 | |
Condylar inclination | |||||||||||
APCI | 74.25 | 4.18 | 74.38 | 4.75 | 0.788 | 74.27 | 5.50 | 74.14 | 4.94 | 0.008 | |
VCI | 58.62 | 8.63 | 57.25 | 9.54 | 0.098 | 63.00 | 6.96 | 62.86 | 8.03 | 0.873 | |
MCI | 6.19 | 3.85 | 5.97 | 4.06 | 0.470 | 5.83 | 5.20 | 6.14 | 4.69 | 0.424 | |
Condylar position | |||||||||||
APCP | 5.39 | 1.96 | 5.23 | 2.25 | 0.300 | 5.86 | 2.39 | 5.72 | 2.49 | 0.013 | |
VCP | 10.38 | 2.32 | 10.33 | 2.33 | 0.724 | 10.73 | 2.49 | 10.90 | 2.34 | 0.035 | |
MLCP | 43.32 | 2.32 | 43.44 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 42.83 | 2.07 | 43.39 | 2.09 | < 0.001 | |
Condylar dimension | |||||||||||
Co L | 18.23 | 2.34 | 18.32 | 2.40 | 0.487 | 17.72 | 2.09 | 17.94 | 2.05 | 0.085 | |
Co W | 12.44 | 2.10 | 12.81 | 2.29 | 0.104 | 12.03 | 1.82 | 12.53 | 1.29 | 0.098 | |
TMJ spaces | |||||||||||
AJS | 2.62 | 0.69 | 2.55 | 0.66 | 0.354 | 2.17 | 0.50 | 2.09 | 0.57 | 0.250 | |
SJS | 3.97 | 1.05 | 3.94 | 0.93 | 0.779 | 3.94 | 1.05 | 3.91 | 1.10 | 0.860 | |
PJS | 2.70 | 0.71 | 2.73 | 0.76 | 0.773 | 2.82 | 0.94 | 2.55 | 0.96 | 0.134 | |
MJS | 4.50 | 1.50 | 4.49 | 1.46 | 0.902 | 3.68 | 1.00 | 3.64 | 0.93 | 0.747 | |
VTJS (mm3) | 289.99 | 53.38 | 287.45 | 52.45 | 0.508 | 255.92 | 43.46 | 259.16 | 67.22 | 0.649 | |