[Table/Fig-3]:
Vertucci classification of canals in mandibular third molars according to gender.
| No. of roots | Root type | Gender | Vertucci Classification | Chi-square test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type I | Type II | Type III | Type IV | Type V | Type VI | Total | ||||
| 01 | - | Male n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | Not applicable |
| Female n (%) | 02 (33.3) | 02 (33.3) | 00 (0.0) | 02 (33.3) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 06 (100.0) | |||
| 02 | Mesial | Male n (%) | 12 (12.5) | 58 (60.4) | 02 (2.1) | 22 (22.9) | 02 (2.1) | 00 (0.0) | 96 (100.0) | Yates χ2 = 5.117 p = 0.402, NS |
| Female n (%) | 14 (29.2) | 22 (45.8) | 02 (4.2) | 10 (20.8) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 48 (100.0) | |||
| Distal | Male n (%) | 84 (87.5) | 08 (8.3) | 00 (0.0) | 04 (4.2) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 96 (100.0) | Yates χ2 = 1.1013 p = 0.962, NS | |
| Female n (%) | 42 (87.5) | 06 (12.5) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 48 (100.0) | |||
| 03 | Mesial | Male n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 02 (100.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 02 (100.0) | Fisher’s Exact Test Yates χ2=1.000 p = 0.963, NS |
| Female n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 02 (100.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 02 (100.0) | |||
| Distal | Male n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 02 (100.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 02 (100.0) | Not applicable | |
| Female n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 02 (100.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 02 (100.0) | |||
| Disto-lingual | Male n (%) | 02 (100.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 02 (100.0) | Not applicable | |
| Female n (%) | 02 (100.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 02 (100.0) | |||
| 05 | Buccal | Male n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 01 (100.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 01 (100.0) | Not applicable |
| Female n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | |||
| Mesio-buccal | Male n (%) | 01 (100.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 01 (100.0) | Not applicable | |
| Female n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | |||
| Disto-buccal | Male n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 01 (100.0) | 00 (0.0) | 01 (100.0) | Not applicable | |
| Female n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | |||
| Mesio-lingual | Male n (%) | 01 (100.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 01 (100.0) | Not applicable | |
| Female n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | |||
| Disto-lingual | Male n (%) | 01 (100.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 01 (100.0) | Not applicable | |
| Female n (%) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | 00 (0.0) | |||
*NS= Not significant