Changes of tooth mobility (periotest-value)

Surgery-group (Gr. A)

Control-group (Gr. B)

PVT

Mean ± standard dev.

Minimum/maximum

Minimum/maximum

Mean ± standard dev.

PVT

Pre-orthod.

+0.0/+0.0

+0.0/+0.0

1 day pre-OP

+6.5 ± 0.8

+5.4/+7.9

+0.0/+0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

1 day

4 days post-OP

+12.0 ± 0.8

+11.1/+13.2

−0.1/+0.3

+0.2 ± 0.2

2 days

10 days post-OP

+18.6 ± 2.3

+14.5/+21.7

−0.2/+0.3

−0.1 ± 0.2

3 days

28 days post-OP

+10.2 ± 1.6

+7.8/+12.8

−0.1/+0.3

+0.1 ± 0.2

10 days