Table 4. | Morphology of the mandibular canal in relation to mandibular canal related variables |
Oval/round | Teardrop | Dumbbell | P-value | |
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Buccal wall thickness (mm) | 1.18 (0.89) | 0.64 (0.17) | 0.66 (0.16) | 0.883 |
Buccal wall bone density (CBCT-HU) |
545.11 (283.66) | 532.22 (213.65) | 542.38 (201.09) | 0.731 |
Superior wall thickness (mm) | 1.2 (0.68) | 0.61 (0.16) | 0.66 (0.15) | 0.877 |
Superior wall bone density (CBCT-HU) |
571.05 (219.83) | 558.1 (191.35) | 562.07 (200.44) | 0.667 |
Lingual wall thickness (mm) | 0.68 (0.32) | 0.6 (0.16) | 0.62 (0.16) | 0.261 |
Lingual wall bone density (CBCT-HU) |
655.27 (203.51) | 614.51 (211.55) | 629.07 (183.67) | 0.337 |
Apico-coronal diameter (mm) | 2.93 (0.64) | 2.66 (0.63) | 2.84 (0.64) | 0.018a |
Bucco-lingual diameter (mm) | 2.2 (0.49) | 2.31 (0.48) | 2.28 (0.52) | 0.205 |
aP < 0.05 significant differences between subgroups according to One-Way ANOVA tests.
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