Interradicular distance and alveolar bone thickness for miniscrew insertion: a CBCT study of Persian adults with different sagittal skeletal patterns

Table 11 Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and comparison of the mean distance between the maxillary sinus floor and CEJ of posterior teeth among the three classes

Sagittal skeletal patterns		Left				P value	Right				P value
Sagittal skeletal patterns		L 6–7	L 5–6	L 4–5	L 3–4		R 3–4	R 4–5	R 5–6	R 6–7
Class I	Mean	12.63	15.60*	21.25*	22.73*	.003	23.89*	21.56*	16.58	13.12	.000
Class I	SD	2.95	4.16	5.47	9.74		8.02	5.56	4.28	2.88
Class II	Mean	12.72	11.87	16.70	21.88*	.000	20.72*	13.97	11.33	11.42	.000
Class II	SD	3.41	5.04	6.55	6.84		7.25	6.57	4.81	3.57
Class III	Mean	12.27	16.35	20.67	27.03*	.000	27.11*	20.45	15.10	11.91	.000
Class III	SD	2.98	6.50	6.32	6.69		6.64	6.61	5.61	3.00

Repeated measures ANOVA was used. Means with * are significantly greater than other means at the same distance
SD, standard deviation

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