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Table 6 Comparison of BI of maxillary posterior teeth between the cleft group and skeletal Class III malocclusion group

From: Transverse differences between cleft lip and palate and non-cleft palate with skeletal Class III malocclusion using buccolingual inclination: a cone-beam computed tomography retrospective study

Tooth

BI (X ± s)

Compared with

P-value

First premolar

6.09 ± 5.73

UCLP BI4 cleft side

 < 0.01

UCLP BI4 non-cleft side

0.1

BCLP BI4

 < 0.01

Second premolar

5.73 ± 5.29

UCLP BI5 cleft side

 < 0.01

UCLP BI5 non-cleft side

 < 0.01

BCLP BI5

0.1

First molar

10.46 ± 6.33

UCLP BI6 cleft side

0.13

UCLP BI6 non-cleft side

0.3

BCLP BI6

0.5