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Table 1 The vertical position of the bony canals according to the tooth region (mean ± SD, mm)

From: Radiographic study of the distribution of maxillary intraosseous vascular canal in Koreans

Tooth region

2nd premolar

1st molar

2nd molar

Identified/investigated

2/152 (1.3 %)

44/264 (16.7 %)

86/247 (34.8 %)

CH

23.45 (±2.81)

15.92 (±2.65)

16.61 (±2.92)

RH

17.56 (±3.30)

4.19 (±2.15)

4.21 (±1.86)

CHS

5.89 (±6.11)

11.83 (±3.16)

12.21 (±2.87)

  1. CH canal height (distance between alveolar crest and inferior border of the canal), RH ridge height (distance between alveolar crest and sinus floor), CHS canal height from sinus (CH-RH), G1 extrasinusal, G2 intraosseous, G3 intrasinusal