Descriptive statistics of the bone support of the impacted canine and the adjacent teeth and of the lateral incisor root resorption as well as the P-values of significance tests.
ROOT RESORPTION
TT: traditional traction group; CAT: corticotomy-assisted traction group; N: number of patients; SD: standard deviation; Min: minimum; Max: maximum.Two-sample t-test was used. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.The mean bone support ratio of the aligned canines in the TT group was 89% (SD: 0.04), while it was 88% (SD: 0.03) in the CAT group. As for the mean bone support ratio of the contralateral canines, the mean bone support ratio was 90% (SD: 0.03) and 89% (SD: 0.02), in the TT and the CAT group, respectively (
The mean amount of root resorption of the adjacent laterals was 1.22±1.02 mm in the TT group and 1.30±1.18 mm in the CAT group, with no significant differences between the two study groups (P=0.612,
