Skip to main content
. 2026 Mar 30;34:e20250677. doi: 10.1590/1678-7765-2025-0677

Table 4. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis of influence factors on MSM distal caries incidence.

Variables B SE OR OR (95%CI) p
        Lower Upper  
Winter’s classification
Vertical position     1.000     0.000***
Mesioangular position 1.352 0.315 3.864 2.083 7.168 0.000***
Horizontal position 0.540 0.438 1.715 0.727 4.046 0.218
Distoangular position 0.055 0.561 1.057 0.352 3.176 0.921
Other types of position -17.159 6.721.411 0.000 0.000   0.998
Pell & Gregory’s classification (Ramus)
Position A     1.000     0.000***
Position B -1.112 0.328 0.329 0.173 0.626 0.001**
Position C -2.127 0.766 0.119 0.027 0.535 0.005**
Contact status between IMTM and MSM
No contact     1.000     0.038*
Point contact 0.970 1.458 2.638 0.151 45.957 0.506
Surface-to-surface contact 2.305 1.029 10.023 1.334 75.303 0.025*
MSM distal alveolar bone condition
Compressive resorption     1.000      
Inflammatory resorption 1.463 0.322 4.317 2.298 8.109 0.000***

*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, indicating a statistically significant difference.