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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Morphol. 2014 Jun;32(2):671–677. doi: 10.4067/S0717-95022014000200048

Table I.

Measurements of central tendency of the maximum and minimum diameters of the physiological foramen of each root (all dimensions in millimeters).

Root Mesiobuccal Distobuccal Palatal Mesial Distal

n= 35 n= 30 n= 32 n= 39 n= 38

Diameter Major Minor Major Minor Major Minor Major Minor Major Minor
Minimum 0.134 0.079 0.127 0.104 0.152 0.107 0.136 0.109 0.095 0.09
Maximum 0.709 0.531 0.909 0.830 0.720 0.485 0.795 0.436 0.854 0.527
Mean 0.307 0.230 0.320 0.248 0.400 0.272 0.311 0.227 0.360 0.266
SD 0.124 0.087 0.177 0.169 0.153 0.097 0.136 0.085 0.154 0.112