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Table 3 The changes of the width of keratinized gingiva before and after the treatment

From: Periodontal effect of augmented corticotomy-assisted orthodontics versus conventional orthodontics in treatment of adult patients with bialveolar protrusion

ACAO group

Control group

dACAO versus dcontrol

P

T0

Mean ± SD (mm)

T1

Mean ± SD (mm)

T1 versus T0

P

T0

Mean ± SD (mm)

T1

Mean ± SD (mm)

T1 versus T0

P

2.42 ± 1.60

2.90 ± 0.91

0.046

2.47 ± 1.43

2.02 ± 1.02

0.050

0.006

  1. The significance level P < 0.05 was labeled bold
  2. d: the difference of the width of keratinized gingiva between T1 and T0