Postoperative Skeletal Stability and Pharyngeal Airway: Counterclockwise versus Clockwise Rotation during Mandibular Setback Surgery

Table 2

The clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of mandibular setback in the postoperative stability (T32) by Student’s t-test.

Variables	Clockwise		Counterclockwise		Intergroup group comparison
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	value
C4C2-SN angle	−1.28	7.95	−0.38	4.09	0.61	—
Palatal angle	0.65	6.00	1.53	4.29	0.57	—
Soft palate width	−0.56	1.60	−0.38	1.99	0.76	—
Soft palate length	−2.01	3.30	−0.61	3.47	0.19	—
Pharyngeal airway
NOP	1.32	3.10	0.86	2.34	0.62	—
UOP	0.35	2.60	−0.10	2.89	0.63	—
TOP	−0.89	4.96	0.15	3.10	0.54	—
EOP	−0.66	3.99	−0.94	2.38	0.80	—
Hyoid
Horizontal	−0.05	6.09	−1.06	4.55	0.45	—
Vertical	−7.19	4.95	−6.55	5.37	0.71	—
Menton
Horizontal	−0.44	3.50	0.40	3.83	0.54	—
Vertical	−0.58	4.77	−1.74	4.69	0.47	—

Statistically significant; ; —: not significant.