Antilingula as a Surgical Reference Point for Vertical Ramus Osteotomy

Table 4

Gender and skeletal patterns of antilingula-related distances in the Pearson test.

Variables	Gender	Skeletal	A-AntiL	P-AntiL	A-P	S-AntiL	I-AntiL	S-I
Gender	1	0.418	0.192	0.534	0.468	0.376	0.579	0.667
Skeletal	0.418	1	0.143	0.256	0.265	0.169	0.158	0.219
A-AntiL	0.192	0.143	1	0.084	0.796	-0.135	0.280	0.145
P-AntiL	0.534	0.256	0.084	1	0.670	0.255	0.297	0.377
A-P	0.468	0.265	0.796	0.670	1	0.054	0.387	0.336
S-AntiL	0.376	0.169	-0.135	0.255	0.054	1	0.075	0.617
I-AntiL	0.579	0.158	0.280	0.297	0.387	0.075	1	0.831
S-I	0.667	0.219	0.145	0.377	0.336	0.617	0.831	1

AntiL: antilingula; A: anterior ramus; P: posterior ramus; S: superior ramus; I: inferior ramus. Significant: ; ─: not significant.