Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristic of all patients
From: Intraoral photobiomodulation-induced orthodontic tooth alignment: a preliminary study
| Â | Total | Control | PBM | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | mean or % | SD | mean or % | SD | mean or % | SD | p-value* | |
Demographic Characteristics | ||||||||
| Â | n | 19 | Â | 8 | Â | 11 | Â | Â |
| Â | Age (years) | 13.9 | 1.7 | 13.5 | 1.8 | 14.1 | 1.7 | NS |
| Â | Female (%) | 68.4 | Â | 62.5 | Â | 72.7 | Â | NS |
| Â | Caucasian (%) | 68.4 | Â | 75 | Â | 63.6 | Â | NS |
Clinical Characteristics | ||||||||
| Â | Number of Arches | 28 | Â | 10 | Â | 18 | Â | Â |
| Â | Upper Arches | 13 | Â | 3 | Â | 10 | Â | NS |
| Â | Lower Arches | 15 | Â | 7 | Â | 8 | Â | NS |
| Â | Mandible (%) | 53.6 | Â | 70 | Â | 44.4 | Â | NS |
| Â | Crowding (LII - mm) | 6.7 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 7.3 | 3.0 | NS |