Research Article
Common Errors in Digital Panoramic Radiographs of Patients with Mixed Dentition and Patients with Permanent Dentition
Table 4
Reasons for problems in diagnostic power of radiographs.
| Reason for nondiagnosis | Mixed dentition | Permanent dentition |
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| Lower incisors blurred/shortened | 31.7% | 38.6% | 0.45 | Upper incisors blurred/shortened | 33.3% | 10.5% | 0.004 | Lower and upper incisors blurred/shortened | 23.8% | 31.6% | 0.41 | Entire radiograph of large parts blurred/unclear | 11.2% | 19.3% | 0.31 |
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*Fisher exact test.
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