Table 3.
Distribution (numbers, percentages in parentheses) of symptoms by level of impaction and angulation
| Level of impaction |
Angulation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | p value | M | D | V | H | p value | |
| Pain | 318 (37) | 280 (33) | 253 (30) | <0.01* | 173 (20) | 240 (28) | 408 (48) | 30 (4) | <0.01* |
| Pericoronitis | 112 (44) | 107 (42) | 33 (14) | <0.01* | 75 (30) | 64 (25) | 101 (40) | 12 (5) | <0.01* |
| LAP | 112 (38) | 88 (30) | 91 (32) | <0.01* | 61 (21) | 75 (26) | 148 (51) | 7 (2) | <0.01* |
| Trismus | 87 (38) | 84 (37) | 57 (25) | <0.01* | 42 (18) | 71 (31) | 107(47) | 8 (4) | <0.01* |
*
p < 0.05: statistically significantly different.
M = Mesioangular; D = distoangular; V = vertical; H = horizontal.