Buccolingual Inclination Control of Upper Central Incisors of Aligners: A Comparison with Conventional and Self-Ligating Brackets

Table 1

Pretest patients homogeneity evaluation.

Pretreatment values	Appliance	Mean	SD	Min	Median	Max	Significance
	Conventional	110.31	5.95	94.80	110.25	121.00	A
	Self-ligating	111.48	6.07	96.30	112.60	124.70	A
	Aligner	109.53	6.47	94.10	108.70	123.00	A
	Conventional	62.00	7.65	47.10	58.50	79.20	B
	Self-ligating	60.13	6.94	45.50	61.00	75.40	B
	Aligner	63.70	6.65	48.30	62.40	78.20	B
I+ TVL	Conventional	2.27	1.57	0.20	1.90	5.60	C
	Self-ligating	2.31	1.87	0.10	2.00	6.80	C
	Aligner	2.33	1.09	0.00	1.90	5.20	C
ANB	Conventional	4.18	1.58	0.50	4.10	7.30	D
	Self-ligating	4.05	1.40	0.60	4.30	6.10	D
	Aligner	4.16	2.04	0.40	4.45	8.20	D
WITS	Conventional	2.25	1.61	0.00	1.70	6.90	C
	Self-ligating	2.30	1.42	0.00	2.00	6.40	C
	Aligner	2.43	1.79	0.50	1.90	7.70	C
	Conventional	25.74	5.49	15.30	26.05	35.50	E
	Self-ligating	25.40	4.05	13.90	24.20	31.90	E
	Aligner	26.96	4.70	15.80	26.85	35.80	E

: Tukey significance. Means with the same letters are not significantly different.