Skip to main content

Table 1 Demography and clinical characteristics of the sample of the study

From: Palatal changes after treatment of functional posterior cross-bite using elastodontic appliances: a 3D imaging study using deviation analysis and surface-to-surface matching technique

Sample characteristics

Total (n = 39)

Total (n = 25)

Total (n = 14)

Significance

Mean/n

Mean/n

Mean/n

Mean age

7 (± 0.8)

7.3 (± 0.9)

6.8 (± 0.7)

NS

Gender

    

Male

16

10

6

NS

Female

23

15

8

 

Skeletal maturity

    

CVMS 1

36

23

13

p < 0.05

CVMS 2

3

2

1

 
  1. p-value for comparison of group means by t-test or differences in proportion calculated by chi-square test
  2. CVMS, cervical vertebrae maturation stages