Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 3 Relationship of mandibular lingula to occlusal plane

From: Evaluation of mandibular lingula and foramen location using 3-dimensional mandible models reconstructed by cone-beam computed tomography

Sex	Above		Equal	Below		Total
Sex	No.	Mean ± SD (mm)	No.	No.	Mean ± SD (mm)	No.	Mean ± SD (mm)
Male	58	6.2 ± 2.8	0	0	0	58	6.2 ± 2.8
Female	61	5.8 ± 2.9	1	1	-1.9	63	5.6 ± 3.1
Total	119 (98.3%)	6.0 ± 2.9	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	-1.9	121 (100%)	5.9 ± 3.0

Abbreviations: No., number of sides; MD, mean distance from mandibular lingula to occlusal plane

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