Morphology of palatally displaced canines and adjacent teeth, a 3-D evaluation from cone-beam computed tomographic images

Table 1 Mean Values and standard deviations (±). Comparison between PDC side, non-PDC side and control group for both radicular length (mm) and volume (mm³)

		PDC		Non-PDC		P value	Control		P value
Root length	Central incisor	11.72	±0.67	11.71	±0.71	NS	11.63	±0.73	NS
	Lateral incisor	10.43	±0.72	11.43	±0.78	*	10.71	±0.86	†
	Canine	14.88	±1.37	14.84	±1.16	NS	14.63	±0.82	NS
	First premolar	11.07	±0.95	11.19	±0.95	NS	10.46	±0.64	*
Volume	Central incisor	402.23	±27.90	403.72	±24.34	NS	399.38	±21.03	NS
	Lateral incisor	308.26	±35.68	361.43	±31.41	*	351.26	±12.13	‡
	Canine	558.97	±49.30	553.68	±38.63	NS	544.47	±36.36	NS
	First premolar	383.26	±32.01	390.54	±29.92	NS	371.05	±27.56	NS

P value based on one-way ANOVA. NS non significant; *P ≤ 0.05; † P ≤ 0.001; ‡ P ≤ 0.0001

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