Table 7.
Absolute measurements of left-right differences
| Variable | Mean | SD |
95%confidence interval |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | ||||
| A-P molar differential (mm) |
0.04 |
0.28 |
−0.07 |
0.14 |
0.484 |
| Midline differential (mm) |
0.15 |
0.20 |
0.07 |
0.23 |
0.000**** |
| Maxillary arch length (mm) |
0.28 |
0.66 |
0.04 |
0.53 |
0.025* |
| Mandibular arch length (mm) |
0.33 |
0.68 |
0.08 |
0.58 |
0.012* |
| Mandibular length in 3D (mm) |
−0.43 |
1.53 |
−1.00 |
0.14 |
0.132 |
| Manibular length in 2D (mm) |
−0.21 |
1.53 |
−0.78 |
0.36 |
0.452 |
| Ramus height in 3D (mm) |
−0.81 |
1.65 |
−1.42 |
−0.19 |
0.012* |
| Ramus height in 2D (mm) |
−0.75 |
1.60 |
−1.34 |
−0.15 |
0.016* |
| Corpus length in 3D (mm) |
0.09 |
1.27 |
−0.38 |
0.57 |
0.690 |
| Corpus length in 2D (mm) |
0.08 |
1.67 |
−0.55 |
0.70 |
0.801 |
| Gonial angle (°) |
0.48 |
2.48 |
−0.44 |
1.40 |
0.297 |
| Mandibular plane angle (°) |
0.57 |
1.66 |
−0.06 |
1.19 |
0.073 |
| Ramus inclination to the saggital plane (°) |
−1.22 |
2.92 |
−2.32 |
−0.13 |
0.029* |
| Mediolateral diameter of the condylar head in 3D (mm) |
0.06 |
1.22 |
−0.39 |
0.52 |
0.781 |
| Mediolateral diameter of the condylar head in 2D (mm) |
0.07 |
1.22 |
−0.38 |
0.52 |
0.752 |
| Anteroposterior diameter of the condylar head in 3D (mm) |
−0.24 |
0.85 |
−0.55 |
0.08 |
0.141 |
| Anteroposterior diameter of the condylar head in 2D (mm) |
−0.23 |
0.86 |
−0.55 |
0.09 |
0.149 |
| Superior joint space in 3D (mm) |
−0.03 |
0.78 |
−0.32 |
0.26 |
0.820 |
| Superior joint space in 2D (mm) | 0.08 | 0.63 | −0.16 | 0.31 | 0.505 |
*p < 0.05, ****p < 0.0001.