[Retracted] Dosimetric Comparison between Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) and Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Dental Structures of Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Table 5

Radiation doses received by maxillary and mandibular teeth using VMAT.

		Nasopharynx	Oral cavity	Oropharynx	Larynx
Maxillary teeth	Mean of average	35.30 ± 5.75 ^aA	31.56 ± 12.78 ^abA	19.45(22.44) ^bcA	18.89 ± 8.30^cA
	Mean of maximum	64.73 ± 6.31 ^aA	54.57 ± 14.49 ^abA	48.03 ± 22.81 ^bA	33.80(15.82)^cA
Mandibular teeth	Mean of average	35.84(7.55) ^aA	54.49 ± 12.68 ^bB	33.73(20.46) ^aB	27.61(6.68)^aB
	Mean of maximum	57.06 ± 8.76 ^aB	65.46 ± 10.72^bB	62.36 ± 10.53^bcB	46.36 ± 10.36^bB

Different lowercase letters in the rows represent significant differences () (one-way ANOVA or the Kruskal-Wallis test). In each row, we compared the radiation doses of maxillary and mandibular teeth of different tumor locations. Different capital letters in the columns represent significant differences () (independent-samples t-test or Mann-Whitney test). In each column, we compared the average doses (maximum dose) of the upper and lower teeth of the same tumor locations.