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Table 2 Distributions of contact relation, location of contact, resorbed teeth and the severity of root resorption between the right and left sides

From: Predictive factors associated with adjacent teeth root resorption of palatally impacted canines in Arabian population: a cone-beam computed tomography analysis

Variable

Right

Left

Right

Left

Frequency

Percent

Contact relation

Central incisors

1

0

100

0

Lateral incisors

7

11

38.89

61.11

First premolars

5

1

83.33

16.67

Central and lateral incisors

12

11

52.17

47.83

Lateral incisors and first premolars

16

2

88.89

11.11

Central incisors, lateral incisors, and first premolars

6

6

50

50

Location of contact

Cervical lateral incisors

1

2

33.33

66.67

Middle lateral incisors

10

10

50

50

Apical lateral

19

9

67.86

32.14

Middle central, apical lateral incisors

1

4

20

80

Middle lateral incisors, apical premolars

13

11

54.17

45.83

Middle central, lateral incisors and apical first premolar

4

4

50

50

Resorption

Central incisors

1

0

100

0

Lateral incisors

7

11

38.89

61.11

First premolars

5

1

83.33

16.67

Central and lateral incisors

12

11

52.17

47.83

Lateral incisors and first premolars

16

12

57.14

42.86

Central incisors, lateral incisors, and first premolars

6

6

50

50

Severity of resorption

Grade 0

14

19

42.42

57.58

Grade 1

20

21

48.78

51.22

Grade 2

17

13

56.67

43.33

Grade 3

5

5

50

50