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

Table 2

Tukey’s multiple comparison test for the time taken between the four different debonding methods.

Method (I)	Method (J)	Mean difference (I-J)	value	95% confidence interval
				Lower bound	Upper bound
US	DP	0.03450	0.990	−0.2588	0.3278
	LC	0.47250	0.001	0.1792	0.7658
	TM	−0.12750	0.665	−0.4208	0.1658
DP	US	−0.03450	0.990	−0.3278	0.2588
	LC	0.43800	0.001	0.1447	0.7313
	TM	−0.16200	0.472	−0.4553	0.1313
LC	US	−0.47250	0.001	−0.7658	−0.1792
	DP	−0.43800	0.001	−0.7313	−0.1447
	TM	−0.60000	0.001	−0.8933	−0.3067
TM	US	0.12750	0.665	−0.1658	0.4208
	DP	0.16200	0.472	−0.1313	0.4553
	LC	0.60000	0.001	0.3067	0.8933

US: ultrasonic scaler; DP: debonding plier; LC: ligature cutter; TN: thermal method. ^∗The mean difference is significant as the p value < 0.05.