International Scholarly Research Notices / 2011 / Article / Tab 6 / Clinical Study
Evaluation of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars by Panoramic Radiography Table 6 Radiographic inferior alveolar canal relation-wise distribution of total right and left sides impacted mandibular third molars (True Relation and False Relation).
Inferior Alveolar Canal Relation Group I Group II Group III Total
ℵ
2 -valueGrand Total
𝑛
(%) Right
𝑛
(%) Left
𝑛
(%) Right
𝑛
(%) Left
𝑛
(%) Right
𝑛
(%) Left
𝑛
(%) Right
𝑛
(%) Left
𝑛
(%) True Relation Notching 26 (2.63) 29 (2.93) 35 (3.54) 22 (2.22) 6 (0.60) 6 (0.60) 67 (6.78) 57 (5.76) 0.31 NS
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0
5
124 (12.55) Grooving 15 (1.51) 20 (2.02) 7 (0.70) 14 (1.41) 5 (0.50) 6 (0.60) 27 (2.73) 40 (4.04) 0.72 NS
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>
.
0
5
67 (6.78) Perforation 3 (0.30) 3 (0.30) 2 (0.20) 5 (0.50) 3 (0.30) 4 (0.40) 8 (0.80) 12 (1.21) 0.72 NS
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0
5
20 (2.02) Total true relations 211 (21.35) False Relation Superimposed 97 (9.81) 105 (10.62) 81 (8.19) 99 (10.02) 16 (1.61) 15 (1.51) 194 (19.63) 219 (22.16) 0.72 NS
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413 (41.80) Adjacent 71 (7.18) 76 (7.69) 61 (6.17) 51 (5.16) 7 (0.70) 9 (0.91) 139 (14.06) 136 (13.76) 0.52 NS
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0
5
275 (27.83) None 27 (2.73) 21 (2.12) 17 (1.72) 20 (2.02) 1 (0.10) 3 (0.30) 45 (4.55) 44 (4.45) 0.37 NS
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0
5
89 (9.00) Total false relations 777 (78.64) Total
𝑛
(%) 239 (24.19) 254 (25.70) 203 (20.54) 211 (21.35) 38 (3.84) 43 (4.35) 480 (48.58) 508 (51.41) 988 (100)
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