Evaluation of Time Consumption for Debonding Brackets Using Different Techniques: A Hospital-Based Study

Table 1

Mean time to debond using different debonding methods.

Method used	Mean	N	Std. deviation	Minimum	Maximum	F for one-way ANOVA ( value)
US	1.4605	20	0.27884	0.86	2.20	10.94 (0.001)
DP	1.4260	20	0.39531	0.97	2.56
LC	0.9880	20	0.31938	0.46	1.79
TM	1.5880	20	0.40339	0.50	2.10

US: ultrasonic scaler; DP: debonding plier; LC: ligature cutter; TN: thermal method.