Research Article
Cone Beam Computed Tomographic Analysis of the Shape, Height, and Location of the Mandibular Lingula in a Population of Children
Table 2
Distribution and incidence (in parentheses) of lingula in girls and boys, bilateral or unilateral.
| | Type | Shape | Girl | | Boy | | | Total | | () | | () | | value | Bilateral | Unilateral () | Right | Left | | Bilateral | Unilateral | Total | Bilateral | Unilateral | Total | | () | Right | Left | 269 | 269 |
| | 1 | Triangular | 15 (10.4) | 20 (6.9) | 50 | 8 (6.4) | 8 (3.2) | 24 | 0,021* | 23 (13.0) | 16 (17.6) | 12 (13.2) | 39 (14.5) | 35 (13.0) | | 2 | Truncated | 17 (11.8) | 32 (11.1) | 66 | 24 (19.2) | 12 (4.8) | 60 | 0,767 | 41(23.2) | 40 (44.0) | 4 (4.4) | 81 (30.1) | 45 (16.7) | | 3 | Nodular | 36 (25.0) | 52 (18.1) | 124 | 57 (44.8) | 23 (9.2) | 137 | 0,011* | 93 (52.5) | 16 (17.6) | 59 (64.8) | 108 (40.1) | 152 ( 56.5) | | 4 | Assimilated | 12 (8.3) | 24 (8.3) | 48 | 9 (9.6) | 11 (4.4) | 29 | 0,069 | 21 (11.9) | 19 (20.9) | 16 (17.6) | 41 (15.2) | 37 (13.8) |
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Statistically significance.
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