Table 5 Frequency distribution of adhesive remnant index (ARI) scores in ceramic brackets
ARI Scores | LD-CAD | PIC | ZLS | 5 YZP | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Ceramic bracket | ||||||||||||||||
Control | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
MEP | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
HFA | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Al2O3 Air abrasion | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Bur roughening | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Metal bracket | ||||||||||||||||
Control | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
MEP | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
HFA | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Al2O3 Air abrasion | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bur roughening | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |