Research Article

Digital Radiography for Determination of Primary Tooth Length: In Vivo and Ex Vivo Studies

Table 1

Means, standard deviations (SD), and minimum and maximum values of tooth length. Differences between radiographic tooth length and actual tooth length (ACTL).

Mean (mm)Std. deviationMinimum (mm)Maximum (mm)

In vivo 10.661.617.9813.25
Ex vivo 11.241.508.4513.43
ACTL11.001.418.0013.40
In vivo mean difference 0.341.17−1.272.70
Ex vivo mean difference−0.24 0.40−0.80 0.75