29 June 2024 : Clinical Research
Morphological Variations of the Nasopalatine Canal in the North Cyprus Population: A Cone Beam Computed Tomography Study
Mujgan Firincioglulari1BCDE*, Kaan Orhan23ABCDDOI: 10.12659/MSM.944868
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e944868
Table 4 Canal shape and direction-course distribution by sex.
| Male | Female | Total | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canal shape | Banana | n | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.279 |
| % | 4.80% | 3.40% | 4.00% | |||
| Hourglass | n | 9 | 22 | 31 | ||
| % | 14.50% | 25.30% | 20.80% | |||
| Cylindrical | n | 40 | 44 | 84 | ||
| % | 64.50% | 50.60% | 56.40% | |||
| Funnel-shaped | n | 10 | 18 | 28 | ||
| % | 16.10% | 20.70% | 18.80% | |||
| Direction-course | Vertical-straight | n | 16 | 13 | 29 | 0.139 |
| % | 25.80% | 15.10% | 19.60% | |||
| Vertical-curved | n | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| % | 9.70% | 4.70% | 6.80% | |||
| Slanted-straight | n | 38 | 62 | 100 | ||
| % | 61.30% | 72.10% | 67.60% | |||
| Slanted-curved | n | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||
| % | 3.20% | 8.10% | 6.10% |