Table 2 Incidence of inflammation and odontogenic cysts in the clinical variables (gender, age and the maximum width of the dental follicle) of the impacted mandibular third molars
Variables | Total | Normal dental follicle | Pathological dental follicle | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | Chronic nonspecific inflammatory | Odontogenic cyst | ||||||
n | % | p | n | % | p | ||||
Sex | |||||||||
Male | 39 | 15 | 38.46 | 24 | 61.54 | 0.668 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.514 |
Female | 52 | 22 | 42.31 | 28 | 53.85 | 2 | 3.85 | ||
Age (years) | |||||||||
≦25 | 59 | 24 | 40.68 | 34 | 57.63 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.69 | 1.000 |
>25 | 32 | 13 | 40.63 | 18 | 56.25 | 1 | 3.12 | ||
Maximum width of the dental follicle (mm) | |||||||||
0–1 | 37 | 18 | 48.64 | 19 | 51.35 | 0.052 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.001 |
1–2 | 45 | 19 | 42.22 | 26 | 57.78 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
2–3 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 77.78 | 2 | 22.22 | ||