Table 2. Age of the patient with bony canal presence and without its presence.

Data shows median age of the patients with and without bony canal. The relation of the age to the occurence of the bony canal was not statistically significant. Median is influenced by group of patient with CBCT from orthodontic reasons, typically younger patients.

Age	Average	Median	Min − max	Mann-Whitney test p-value
AAA in bony canal	29.3	18.0	8–81	0.064
No bony canal detected	36.1	31.0	9–91