Effects of a novel magnetic orthopedic appliance (MOA-III) on the dentofacial complex in mild to moderate skeletal class III children

Table 1 Cephalometric changes between pre- and posttreatment

			Differences	SD	Significance
Maxillomandibular relationship	Saggital	ANB(dg)	2.281	0.789	0.000***
		Wits(mm)	2.394	0.825	0.000***
		overjet(mm)	3.000	0.658	0.000***
	Vertical	FMA(dg)	1.156	1.468	0.007**
		Y-axis(dg)	1.243	1.162	0.001***
		ANS-Me(mm)	−0.518	1.587	0.308 NS
		S-Go(mm)	1.574	1.448	0.001***
		S-Go/N-Me	0.007	0.010	0.014*
		ANS-Me/N-Me	−0.007	0.010	0.014*
		overbite(mm)	0.600	0.572	0.001***
Maxillary skeletal changes	Saggital	SNA(dg)	1.887	0.840	0.000***
		ptm-A(mm)	1.356	0.765	0.000***
		ptm-S(mm)	1.012	0.637	0.000***
	Vertical	N-ANS(mm)	0.950	0.346	0.000***
		PP-FH(dg)	2.381	0.658	0.000***
		OP-SN(dg)	0.962	1.163	0.005***
Changes in maxillary dentition	Saggital	UI-NA(dg)	2.493	1.647	0.000***
		UI-NA(mm)	1.637	1.067	0.000***
		UI-AP(mm)	1.606	0.715	0.000***
		U6-PTM(mm)	1.100	1.130	0.001***
		UI-SN(dg)	3.123	1.569	0.000***
	Vertical	UI-PP(mm)	0.416	0.413	0.002**
		U6-PP(mm)	−0.412	0.923	0.094 NS
Changes in mandibular dentition	Saggital	LI-NB(dg)	−0.743	0.511	0.000***
		LI-NB(mm)	−0.975	0.425	0.000***
		LI-AP(mm)	−1.731	0.967	0.000***
		FMIA(dg)	−1.987	0.770	0.000***
	Vertical	LI-MP(mm)	0.506	1.021	0.066 NS
		L6-MP(mm)	0.075	1.096	0.788 NS
Mandibular skeletal changes	Saggital	SNB(dg)	−0.494	0.843	0.033*
		Go-Pg(mm)	0.781	1.957	0.131 NS
		Pcd-S(mm)	0.350	0.603	0.035*
	Vertical	Go-Co(mm)	0.762	0.396	0.000***
		MP-SN(dg)	1.175	1.064	0.001***
		Y-axis(dg)	1.256	1.400	0.003**
Soft tissue changes		UL-EP(mm)	1.312	0.602	0.000***
		LL-EP(mm)	−1.575	1.498	0.001***
		Z-angel(dg)	1.238	3.086	0.130 NS
		UL-A′-FH(dg)	1.875	2.513	0.009**
		N′-Pg′-FH(dg)	−2.056	2.134	0.002**
		N′-SN-Pg′(dg)	−4.586	1.333	0.000***

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