The Scientific World Journal / 2014 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Self-Ligating Brackets and Their Impact on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Chinese Adolescence Patients: A Longitudinal Prospective Study Table 2 Means (and standard deviations) of functional limitation, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical disability, psychological disability, social disability, and any handicaps in the two types of orthodontic appliances from
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Appliance Time Functional limitation Physical pain Psychological discomfort Physical disability Psychological disability Social disability Handicaps Total scores Self-ligating bracket 4.52 (1.89) 5.36 (1.65) 3.12 (1.12) 4.49 (1.64) 5.54 (1.50) 4.03 (1.20) 1.52 (0.86) 26.32 (2.35) Conventional bracket 4.75 (1.99) 5.86 (1.81) 3.25 (1.09) 4.79 (1.72) 5.72 (1.44) 4.12 (1.10) 1.66 (0.81) 27.40 (2.15) Self-ligating bracket 4.12 (1.78) 4.12 (1.85) 4.09 (1.42) 4.12 (1.73) 4.68 (1.36) 3.56 (0.98) 1.18 (0.89) 24.12 (2.16) Conventional bracket 4.30 (1.56) 4.30 (1.89) 4.32 (1.23) 4.56 (1.64) 5.09 (1.42) 3.86 (0.88) 1.34 (0.85) 25.46 (2.14) Self-ligating bracket 2.89 (1.14) 2.64 (1.34) 1.29 (0.92) 1.89 (0.82) 1.04 (0.98) 1.14 (0.78) 0.52 (0.75) 11.47 (2.03) Conventional bracket 3.02 (1.23) 3.02 (1.46) 1.56 (0.85) 2.15 (0.75) 1.36 (0.86) 1.46 (0.69) 0.61 (0.72) 12.76 (2.31) Self-ligating bracket 1.89 (0.76) 1.79 (0.97) 0.66 (0.70) 1.24 (0.42) 0.32 (0.29) 0.32 (0.45) 0.35 (0.16) 7.12 (1.89) Conventional bracket 2.10 (0.88) 2.21 (1.02) 0.87 (0.69) 1.42 (0.35) 0.62 (0.38) 0.52 (0.52) 0.40 (0.22) 8.23 (1.74) Self-ligating bracket 1.56 (0.70) 1.56 (0.71) 0.56 (0.18) 0.18 (0.14) 0.18 (0.13) 0.15 (0.21) 0.10 (0.19) 3.85 (0.59) Conventional bracket 1.88 (0.68) 1.89 (0.98) 0.60 (0.21) 0.40 (0.11) 0.21 (0.12) 0.19 (0.11) 0.20 (0.13) 4.25 (0.49)