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Table 4 Relationship of mandibular foramen 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

No.

Mean ± SD (mm)

No.

No.

Mean ± SD (mm)

No.

Mean ± SD (mm)

Male

5

3.5 ± 3.4

3

50

-4.2 ± 2.3

58

-3.2 ± 3.3

Female

10

2.1 ± 1.6

1

52

-4.8 ± 2.9

63

-3.6 ± 3.7

Total

15 (12.4%)

2.5 ± 2.3

4 (3.3%)

102 (84.3%)

-4.5 ± 2.6

121 (100%)

-3.4 ± 3.5

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