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Table 2 Treatment-related bone loss and apical root resorption

From: Dental follicles promote soft tissue management in surgical exposure of labially impacted maxillary canine

Measurement

Impacted canines

Contralateral canines

P value

Mean (mm)

SD

Range

Mean (mm)

SD

Range

BL

Labial

2.88

0.73

1.2–4.7

2.69

0.66

1.1–4.2

0.353

Palatal

0.97

0.43

0.3–1.9

0.75

0.36

0.1–1.6

0.055

RL

Pretreatment

23.85

1.07

21.5–26.4

23.81

1.03

21.7–26.4

0.902

Posttreatment

22.29

1.12

20.1–24.5

22.34

1.16

20.3–25.3

0.89

ARR

1.56

0.69

0.4–3.0

1.48

0.57

0.5–2.7

0.648

  1. BL bone loss, RL root length, ARR apical root resorption