Research Article

Comparison between an Acrylic Splint Herbst and an Acrylic Splint Miniscrew-Herbst for Mandibular Incisors Proclination Control

Table 3

-test for paired and unpaired data: difference from T1 to T2.

VariableStandard group ( )Miniscrew group ( )Difference between groups
T2-T1 [mean (95% CI)] T2-T1 [mean (95% CI)] Mean (95% CI)

A/Olp, mm2.8  (1.3 to 4.4)0.0030.2 (−1.1 to 1.5)0.7282.6 (0.6 to 4.6)0.015
Pg/Olp, mm−1.6  (−4.4 to 1.3)0.257−3.4 (−5.3 to −1.6)0.0021.9 (1.8 to 6.1)0.253
Is/Olp, mm0.8 (−1.2 to 2.8)0.42−0.9 (−2.6 to 0.8)0.261.7 (−0.8 to 4.2)0.1752
Ii/Olp, mm−2.4 (−3.9 to −0.8)0.007−3.4 (−4.9 to −1.9)0.00011.1 (−1.0 to 3.2)0.2998
Ms/Olp, mm3.2 (1.8 to 4.6)0.0020.9 (−0.2 to 1.9)0.1112.4 (0.7 to 4.0)0.0075
Mi/Olp, mm−2.1 (−3.8 to −0.5)0.016−4.1 (−6.1 to −2.2)0.0012.0 (−0.5 to 4.5)0.1072
A/Olp − Pg/Olp, mm0.3 (−0.9 to 1.5)0.6123.6 (2.2 to 5.1)0.0001−3.4 (−5.0 to −1.6)0.0007
Ar/Olp, mm−0.6 (−2.2 to 0.9)0.385−1.1 (−2.4 to 0.1)0.0760.5 (−1.4 to 2.4)0.5948
Ar/Olp + Pg/Olp, mm−0.9 (−2.4 to 0.7)0.263−4.6 (−6.4 to −2.8)0.00013.7 (1.5 to 6.0)0.0024
Ii/GoMe, degrees−7.5 (−10.7 to −4.3)0.0001−0.6 (−3.9 to 2.7)0.713−6.9 (−11.3 to −2.6)0.0031
Ms/Olp − Mi/Olp, mm5.4 (3.6 to 7.1)0.00015 (2.9 to 7.1)0.00010.4 (−2.2 to 2.9)0.7784
SN/GoMe, degrees−0.2 (−1.9 to 1.5)0.7880.9 (−0.5 to 2.2)0.189−1.1 (−3.1 to 1.0)0.2913
Is/Olp − Ii/Olp, mm3.1 (2.0 to 4.3)0.00012.5 (1.4 to 3.6)0.00010.6 (−0.9 to 2.2)0.3919
AN/NPg, degrees1.6 (0.5 to 2.7)0.0072.6 (1.9 to 3.3)0.0001−0.9 (−2.2 to 0.3)0.137