Table 3.
Distribution of teeth with pulp stones by examined teeth characteristics in the maxillary and mandibular teeth.
| Variable | Maxilla |
Mandible |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of teeth examined | Teeth with pulp stones, n (%) | P | No. of teeth examined | Teeth with pulp stones, n (%) | P | |
| Side | 0.097 | 0.853 | ||||
| Right | 601 | 233 (38.8) | 671 | 177 (26.4) | ||
| Left | 623 | 213 (34.2) | 659 | 177 (26.9) | ||
| Tooth type | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Incisor | 169 | 73 (43.2) | 240 | 46 (19.2) | ||
| Lateral incisor | 189 | 70 (37.0) | 243 | 57 (23.5) | ||
| Canine | 216 | 79 (36.6) | 248 | 82 (33.1) | ||
| First premolar | 176 | 28 (15.9) | 208 | 44 (21.2) | ||
| Second premolar | 167 | 26 (15.6) | 158 | 36 (22.8) | ||
| First molar | 142 | 82 (57.7) | 110 | 44 (40.0) | ||
| Second molar | 165 | 88 (53.3) | 123 | 45 (36.6) | ||
| Total number of teeth | 1224 | 446 (36.4) | — | 1330 | 354 (26.6) | — |