Table 7.
Canal Enlargement and Obliqueness
| Treatment |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Monkey | Structural Measure | N10 | EG10 |
| Monkey 1 | BMO area (mm2) | 1.06 | 1.21 |
| PSCO area (mm2) | 2.79 | 3.34 | |
| Canal enlargement (%)* | 163 | 177 | |
| Canal obliqueness (°)† | 70 | 68 | |
| Monkey 2 | BMO area (mm2) | 1.12 | 1.12 |
| PSCO area (mm2) | 1.75 | 1.84 | |
| Canal enlargement (%)* | 56 | 65 | |
| Canal obliqueness (°)† | 9 | 11 | |
| Monkey 3 | BMO area (mm2) | 1.21 | 1.29 |
| PSCO area (mm2) | 2.41 | 2.55 | |
| Canal enlargement (%)* | 100 | 98 | |
| Canal obliqueness (°)† | 63 | 55 | |
Anterior-to-posterior change in neural canal area.
Degree of N-T lateral shift in the canal.