Skip to main content

Table 1 The IAN injury relation to anatomical structures and dental variables based on univariate analysis

From: Evaluating the presence of IAN injury in patients with juxta-apical radiolucency after third molar surgery: a retrospective cohort study

Variables

JAR group

JAR- group

P value

Sex no. (%)

   

Female

14 (73.7 %)

6 (60.0 %)

0.675

Male

5 (26.3 %)

4 (40.0 %)

Age mean ± SD

26.05 ± 3.734

26.30 ± 4.001

0.870

Tooth angulation N (%)

   

Mesioangular

9 (39.1 %)

7 (58.3 %)

0.362

Distoangular

2 (8.7 %)

1 (8.3 %)

Vertical

8 (34.8 %)

1 (8.3 %)

Horizontal

4 (17.4 %)

3 (25.0 %)

Proximity to IAN N (%)

   

Distant

3 (13.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0.305

Preserved cortex

6 (26.1 %)

4 (33.3 %)

Without preserved cortex

14 (60.9 %)

8 (66.7 %)

Position N (%)

   

Superior

5 (21.7 %)

6 (50.0 %)

0.052

Inferior

3 (13.0 %)

2 (16.7 %)

Buccal

4 (17.4 %)

2 (16.7 %)

Lingual

11 (47.8 %)

2 (16.7 %)

Lingual cortical plate thinning N (%)

   

J0

1 (4.3 %)

5 (41.7 %)

0.012

J1

6 (26.1 %)

1 (8.3 %)

J2

5 (21.7 %)

1 (8.3 %)

J3

6 (26.1 %)

3 (25.0 %)

J4

5 (21.7 %)

2 (16.7 %)