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

Table 2 Cephalometric changes in untreatment group

			Differences	SD	Significance
Maxillomandibular relationship	Saggital	ANB(dg)	−0.113	0.146	0.065 NS
		Wits(mm)	0.112	0.216	0.185 NS
		overjet(mm)	−0.107	0.189	0.152 NS
	Vertical	FMA(dg)	0.062	0.417	0.684 NS
		Y-axis(dg)	0.100	0.141	0.085 NS
		ANS-Me(mm)	0.200	0.634	0.402 NS
		S-Go(mm)	0.200	0.160	0.010*
		S-Go/N-Me	−0.001	0.002	0.906 NS
		ANS-Me/N-Me	0.000	0.002	0.906 NS
		overbite(mm)	−0.037	0.199	0.611 NS
Maxillary skeletal changes	Saggital	SNA(dg)	0.400	0.523	0.067 NS
		ptm-A(mm)	0.312	0.083	0.036*
		ptm-S(mm)	0.225	0.128	0.002**
	Vertical	N-ANS(mm)	0.337	0.856	0.302 NS
		PP-FH(dg)	0.087	0.339	0.490 NS
		OP-SN(dg)	0.100	0.277	0.342 NS
Changes in maxillary dentition	Saggital	UI-NA(dg)	0.137	0.388	0.350 NS
		UI-NA(mm)	0.037	0.272	0.708 NS
		UI-AP(mm)	−0.142	0.440	0.700 NS
		U6-PTM(mm)	0.312	0.318	0.027*
		UI-SN(dg)	0.200	0.325	0.125 NS
	Vertical	UI-PP(mm)	0.025	0.401	0.143 NS
		U6-PP(mm)	0.137	0.184	0.073 NS
Changes in mandibular dentition	Saggital	LI-NB(dg)	−0.087	0.294	0.429 NS
		LI-NB(mm)	−0.213	0.314	0.096 NS
		LI-AP(mm)	−0.163	0.272	0.135 NS
		FMIA(dg)	−0.25	0.239	0.021*
	Vertical	LI-MP(mm)	0.187	0.325	0.064 NS
		L6-MP(mm)	0.175	0.211	0.310 NS
Mandibular skeletal changes	Saggital	SNB(dg)	0.363	0.082	0.003**
		Go-Pg(mm)	0.462	0.106	0.001**
		Pcd-S(mm)	0.212	0.124	0.002**
	Vertical	Go-Co(mm)	0.400	0.220	0.001***
		MP-SN(dg)	0.237	0.106	0.000***
		Y-axis(dg)	0.150	0.277	0.170 NS
Soft tissue changes		UL-EP(mm)	−0.225	0.116	0.001***
		LL-EP(mm)	0.250	0.141	0.002**
		Z-angel(dg)	−0.225	0.128	0.002**
		UL-A′-FH(dg)	0.025	0.362	0.850 NS
		N′-Pg′-FH(dg)	0.375	0.183	0.001***
		N′-SN-Pg′(dg)	0.375	0.070	0.000***

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