Research Article

Buccolingual Inclination of Canine and First and Second Molar Teeth and the Curve of Wilson in Different Sagittal Skeletal Patterns of Adults Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

Table 2

Comparison of the inclination of teeth among the three sagittal skeletal patterns.

Cl 1Cl 2Cl 3 value
MeanSDMeanSDMeanSD

Inclination of maxillary second molar. Right104.77b3.45100.20a5.21103.53b4.050.002
Inclination of maxillary first molar. Right97.42b3.6392.27a5.3698.32b1.89<0.001
Inclination of maxillary canine. Right99.38a3.4091.80a18.6198.62a3.950.053
Inclination of maxillary canine. Left98.92a3.7496.76a4.3398.30a2.950.149
Inclination of maxillary first molar. Left97.97b2.8091.35a6.0897.84b2.42<0.001†
Inclination of maxillary second molar. Left105.63b3.40101.77a6.90102.42ab3.810.008†
Inclination of mandibular second molar. Left70.43a4.6577.07b4.7472.87a4.23<0.001
Inclination of mandibular first molar. Left81.64a2.9984.65b3.0582.57a1.920.002
Inclination of mandibular canine. Left95.98a3.6296.31a4.7395.61a4.190.858
Inclination of mandibular canine. Right97.19a3.3097.04a5.5696.10a3.660.658
Inclination of mandibular first molar. Right81.56a2.9684.83b2.9082.23a1.78<0.001
Inclination of mandibular second molar. Right69.97a4.8177.44c4.3773.57b4.10<0.001

One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test. Welch one-way ANOVA test followed by Tukey’s test. Means with the same superscripted letters are not significantly different .