Table 2.
P-values of categories detectable on the oral examination and physical examination (row headers) and categories detectable on cone beam computed tomography (column headers).
| Category | Apical elongation | Periodontal ligament space widening | Periapical lucency | Moth-eaten osteolysis of the mandibular alveolar bone | Moth-eaten osteolysis of the maxillary alveolar bone | Moth-eaten osteolysis of the maxillary or mandibular alveolar bone | Inflammatory tooth resorption | Tooth fragments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incisor malocclusion | 1 | 1 | 0.516 | 1 | 0.282 | 0.604 | 0.516 | 0.604 |
| Premolar and molar malocclusion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.486 |
| Coronal elongation | 0.029a | 0.200 | 0.154 | 0.569 | 1 | 0.525 | 0.081 | 0.229 |
| Ventral mandibular border contour changes | 0.143 | 0.400 | 1 | 0.315 | 0.608 | 0.622 | 0.525 | 0.287 |
| Missing teeth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.619 | 0.315 | 1 | 0.569 | 0.608 |
| Exophthalmos | 0.371 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.569 | 1 | 0.516 | 1 |
| Sharp dental points | 0.371 | 1 | 1 | 0.569 | 1 | 0.525 | 0.516 | 0.229 |
aStatistical significance on Fisher’s exact pairwise comparison.