Table 3: Skeletal cephalometric comparisons within and between the groups. 

Parameters

Pretreatment (T0)

p-valuea

Posttreatment (T1)

p-valueb

Change (T1-T0)

p-valuec

SNA°

 

NS

 

 

 

NS

Group I

80.96 ± 5.25

 

80.66 ± 5.13

NS

-0.30 ± 1.07

 

Group II

79.25 ± 4.03

 

78.57 ± 4.16

NS

-0.68 ± 1.44

 

SNB°

 

NS

 

 

 

NS

Group I

77.28 ± 4.89

 

77.01 ± 4.74

NS

-0.27 ± 0.87

 

Group II

75.97 ± 3.33

 

75.63 ± 3.53

NS

-0.34 ± 1.06

 

ANB°

 

NS

 

 

 

NS

Group I

3.68 ± 1.61

 

3.65 ± 1.69

NS

-0.03 ± 0.68

 

Group II

3.28 ± 2.33

 

2.94 ± 2.36

NS

-0.34 ± 1.33

 

Witts mm

 

NS

 

 

 

NS

Group I

-0.38 ± 2.88

 

-0.17 ± 2.77

NS

0.21 ± 1.28

 

Group II

-3.75 ± 5.65

 

-2.06 ± 3.71

NS

1.69 ± 2.96

 

SNGoGn°

 

NS

 

 

 

*

Group I

31.44 ± 6.25

 

32.00 ± 6.64

NS

0.56 ± 1.58

 

Group II

35.56 ± 4.65

 

34.93 ± 4.91

NS

-0.63 ± 1.64

 

Yaxis°

 

NS

 

 

 

NS

Group I

58.31 ± 5.80

 

58.22 ± 5.94

NS

-0.09 ± 1.52

 

Group II

59.25 ± 3.26

 

59.94 ± 3.49

NS

0.69 ± 2.21

 

ANSMe mm

 

NS

 

 

 

NS

Group I

65.72 ± 7.20

 

69.28 ± 8.67

***

3.56 ± 4.05

 

Group II

68.47 ± 16.49

 

69.25 ± 6.51

*

0.78 ± 13.82

 

Jarabak %

 

NS

 

 

 

**

Group I

65.81 ± 5.02

 

65.51 ± 4.97

NS

-0.29 ± 1.24

 

Group II

62.00 ± 4.05

 

63.13 ± 4.32

**

1.13 ± 1.26

 

 

a Comparison of the T0 measurements between the groups.

b Comparison of the T0 and T1 measurements within the groups. (For a and b; NS: Non significant. *:p ≤ 0.025. **:p ≤ 0.01. ***:p ≤ 0.001).

c Comparison of the T1-T0 changes that were obtained between the groups (For c; NS: Non significant. *:p ≤ 0.05. **:p ≤ 0.01. ***:p ≤ 0.001).