CBCT Evaluation of Buccolingual Orientation of Inferior Alveolar Canal in Mandibular Posterior Region for Implant Planning

Table 5

Two-way ANOVA results showing the ethnicity-sex variations in the mean values of B, C, and L.

			Malay		Chinese		Indian		value
			Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Right	Second molar (47)	B	6.24	6.23	6.03	6.19	6.39	5.80	0.58
		C	2.95	2.72	3.55	3.35	2.68	2.75	0.56
		L	2.42	2.52	3.07	2.63	1.90	2.23	0.41
	First molar (46)	B	5.18	4.23	4.88	4.34	4.27	3.93	0.63
		C	3.04	2.78	3.59	3.32	3.25	3.13	0.87
		L	2.90	3.55	3.18	3.59	2.45	2.84	0.89
Left	Second molar (37)	B	6.60	6.10	6.36	6.41	5.74	5.69	0.75
		C	2.68	2.63	3.26	2.68	3.03	2.58	0.17
		L	2.41	2.80	2.93	3.10	1.85	2.31	0.81
	First molar (36)	B	4.75	4.21	4.83	4.64	4.66	3.80	0.67
		C	2.81	2.86	3.04	2.82	2.99	2.73	0.48
		L	3.23	3.51	3.73	3.75	2.24	2.99	0.45

B: buccal bone width; C: canal thickness; L: lingual bone width of IAN in mm.