Evaluation of piezocision and laser-assisted flapless corticotomy in the acceleration of canine retraction: a randomized controlled trial

Table 5 Descriptive statistics of the changes in the rate of canine movement over time in the experimental side for each group as well as the results of significance tests using repeated measures ANOVA and its post-hoc tests

Time	Comparisons	Piezocision group				Laser-assisted flapless corticotomy group
		Mean Diff.	P-Value*	95% CI		Mean Diff.	P-Value*	95% CI
		Mean Diff.	P-Value*	Lower bound	Upper bound	Mean Diff.	P-Value*	Lower bound	Upper bound
T1	T1-T2	0.21	0.013	0.06	0.35	0.46	0.062	−0.03	0.96
	T1-T3	0.41	0.045	0.01	0.81	0.74	0.023	0.16	1.31
	T1-T4	0.63	0.001	0.37	0.89	0.74	0.012	0.27	1.22
T2	T2-T3	0.20	0.141	−0.16	0.56	0.27	0.275	− 0.33	0.88
T2	T2-T4	0.42	0.057	0.28	0.57	0.28	0.065	−0.02	0.59
T3	T3-T4	0.22	0.107	−0.05	0.49	0.00	0.969	−0.39	0.40

*Significant at P < 0.05, Least Significant Difference (LSD) post-hoc tests were employed, Mean Diff mean difference, CI confidence interval

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