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

Table 3

value (between male and female, Amerindian and Caucasian individuals) for height and the following measurements: mandibular notch to lingula (MN-L); anterior margin of ramus of mandible to lingula (A-L); posterior margin of ramus of mandible to lingula (P-L); mandibular base to lingula (MB-L).

	Truncated		Triangular		Nodular
	M × F	C × A	M × F	C × A	M × F	C × A
Height	0.026	0.91	0.136	0.46	0.0001	0.88
MN-L	0.199	0.21	0.030	0.99	0.021	0.811
A-L	0.787	0.27	0.765	0.32	0.151	0.064
P-L	<0.0001	0.03	0.004	0.04	0.010	0.432
MB-L	0.004	0.09	0.0008	0.46	0.001	0.055

Statistically significant. Male: M; female: F; Caucasian: C; Amerindian: A.