Morphological Study of the Lingula in Adult Human Mandibles of Brazilians Individuals and Clinical Implications

Table 2

Lingula ratio found for each shape of lingula in Amerindian male, Caucasian male, Amerindian female, and Caucasian female.

	Amerindian male	Caucasian male	Amerindian female	Caucasian female
Truncated	0.52	0.53	0.55	0.55
Triangular	0.60	0.55	0.56	0.59
Nodular	0.49	0.51	0.52	0.51
Assimilated	—	0.47	—	—

(—) could not be calculated.