Table 5.

Anteroposterior relationship of ML and MF on occlusal plane

Sex	MF in front of ML		Line connecting MF and ML perpendicular to OP	ML in front of MF
	No.	Mean ± SD (mm)	No.	No.	Mean ± SD (mm)
Male	46	2.5 ± 1.8	2	10	1.6 ± 0.5
Female	45	2.7 ± 1.6	7	11	1.2 ± 0.8
Total	91 (75.2%)	2.6 ± 1.7	9 (7.4%)	21 (17.4%)	1.4 ± 0.7

Abbreviations: ML, mandibular lingula; MF, mandibular foreman; OP, occlusal plane; No., number of sides; MD, mean distance from ML to MF on OP