Research Article
Association between the Anatomy of the Mandibular Canal and Facial Types: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Analysis
Table 2
Analysis of the association between the prevalence of anatomical variations of the mandibular canal on the left side and facial type.
| | Variable | Total | Brachyfacial | Mesofacial | Dolichofacial | value | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Location: left side | 1 | 83 (48.0) | 35 (67.3) | 46 (52.3) | 2 (6.1) | <0.0001 | | 2 | 60 (34.7) | 8 (15.4) | 30 (34.1) | 22 (66.7) | | 3 | 30 (17.3) | 9 (17.3) | 12 (13.6) | 9 (27.3) |
| | Bifid type, left side | I | 20 (11.6) | 8 (15.4) | 8 (9.1) | 4 (12.1) | 0.1009 | | II | 8 (4.6) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (2.3) | 5 (15.2) | | III | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | | IV | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | | Absent | 143 (82.7) | 43 (82.7) | 76 (86.4) | 24 (72.7) |
| | Anterior loop, left side | A | 78 (45.1) | 24 (46.2) | 44 (50.0) | 10 (30.3) | 0.3295 | | B | 45 (26.0) | 12 (23.1) | 20 (22.7) | 13 (39.4) | | C | 42 (24.3) | 15 (28.8) | 19 (21.6) | 8 (24.2) | | Absent | 8 (4.6) | 1 (1.9) | 5 (5.7) | 2 (6.1) |
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