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Table 4 Relationship between the position of the IAC-IMTM and the buccolingual position of the IAC-IMTM on CBCT images

From: Panoramic radiography and cone-beam computed tomography findings in preoperative examination of impacted mandibular third molars

Position of IAC-IMTM

Buccolingual relationship IAC-IMTM

 

Chi-square

P value

Buccal

Lingual

Interradicular

Inferior

Total

  

Contact

n

32

144

12

25

213

6.437

0.092

%

15.0%

67.6%

5.6%

11.7%

100.0%

No contact

n

17

51

1

16

85

%

20.0%

60.0%

1.2%

18.8%

100.0%

Total

n

49

195

13

41

298

%

16.4%

65.4%

4.4%

13.8%

100.0%

  1. IAC: Inferior alveolar canal.
  2. IMTM: Impacted mandibular third molar.