Overall mean absolute strain values and SD values of case 1 and case 2 (μm/m)
| Magnet | Locator | Ball | Bar | P value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Case 1 | 24.25a | 3.62a | 90.88b | 19.91b | 124.50b | 12.85b | 173.76c | 30.79c | 0.02 |
| Case 2 | 25.13a | 5.79a | 76.00b | 19.73b | 105.75c | 14.85c | 139.43d | 14.66d | 0.04 |
Case 1: Applying vertical load to the left mandibular first molar area.
Case 2: Applying one-sided vertical load simultaneously to the left mandibular premolar and molar area.
SD: Standard deviation.
*The difference is significant at the level of 0.05.
a∼d: The non-significant groups are expressed in same letter.