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

Table 2

Evaluation of variation in incisal inclination using the three different orthodontic techniques.

Variable	Appliance	Mean	SD	Min	Median	Max	Significance
SNASNP	Conventional	6.11	3.91	0.10	5.75	14.20	A
	Self-ligating	5.64	3.27	0.50	5.70	18.70	A
	Aligner	5.13	3.23	0.40	3.75	15.40	A
OCL	Conventional	6.88	4.28	0.10	6.95	20.90	B
	Self-ligating	5.17	3.10	0.00	3.50	15.50	B
	Aligner	4.60	3.46	0.20	3.85	15.40	B
I+ TVL	Conventional	1.56	0.47	0.00	1.10	4.60	C
	Self-ligating	1.62	0.66	0.10	1.70	6.20	C
	Aligner	1.47	0.57	0.20	1.25	6.10	C

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