Research Article
Antilingula as a Surgical Reference Point for Vertical Ramus Osteotomy
Table 1
Antilingula-related distances with their hemiarch comparisons.
| Variables | Total patients () | Right side | Left side | Right/left comparison | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | value | Significant |
| A-AntiL | 14.32 | 2.62 | 14.69 | 2.61 | 13.97 | 2.61 | 0.030 | Right>left | P-AntiL | 17.59 | 2.12 | 17.47 | 2.14 | 17.72 | 2.13 | 0.483 | ─ | A-P | 31.92 | 3.51 | 32.2 | 3.50 | 31.7 | 3.55 | 0.157 | ─ | S-AntiL | 13.48 | 3.07 | 13.33 | 2.89 | 13.63 | 3.27 | 0.455 | ─ | I-AntiL | 37.06 | 4.33 | 37.54 | 4.16 | 36.57 | 4.48 | 0.064 | ─ | S-I | 50.54 | 5.49 | 50.9 | 5.15 | 50.2 | 5.85 | 0.224 | ─ |
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AntiL: antilingula; A: anterior ramus; P: posterior ramus; S: superior ramus; I: inferior ramus. : number of patient; significant: ; ─: not significant. |