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. 2019 Sep;53(3):213–246. doi: 10.15644/asc53/3/5

Table 1. Distribution of maxillary teeth, mandibular teeth, and all maxillary and mandibular teeth together among both genders according to number of roots and number of canals.

 
 
Upper Teeth Lower Teeth ALL Teeth
M F Total P M F Total P M F Total P
Number of roots                
 
 
 
1 root 777 (64.4) 836 (65.3) 1613 (64.9) 0.315 962 (74.5) 1033 (76.9) 1995 (75.7) 0.100 1739 (69.6) 1869 (71.2) 3608 (70.5) 0.064
2 roots 130 (10.8) 115 (9.0) 245 (9.9) 321 (24.5) 296 (22.0) 617 (23.4) 451 (18.1) 411 (15.7) 862 (16.8)
3 roots 299 (24.8) 329 (25.7) 628 (25.3) 8
(0.6)
15 (1.1) 23 (0.9) 307 (12.3) 344 (13.1) 651 (12.7)
Total 1206 (48.5) 1280 (51.5) 2486 (100.0) 1291 (49.0) 1344 (51.0) 2635 (100.0) 2497 (48.8) 2624 (51.2) 5121 (100.0)
Number of canals                        
 
 
 
 
1 canal 621 (51.5) 679 (53.0) 1300 (52.3) 0.014* 751 (58.2) 851 (63.3) 1602 (60.8) 0.050 1372 (54.9) 1530 (58.3) 2902 (56.7) 0.082
2 canals 283 (23.5) 268 (20.9) 551 (22.2) 220 (17.0) 203 (15.1) 423 (16.1) 503 (20.1) 471 (17.9) 974 (19.0)
3 canals 59
(4.9)
98 (7.7) 157 (6.3) 260 (20.1) 229 (17.0) 489 (18.6) 319 (12.8) 327 (12.5) 646 (12.6)
4 canals 243 (20.1) 235 (18.4) 478 (19.2) 60 (4.6) 61 (4.5) 121 (4.6) 303 (12.1) 296 (11.3) 599 (11.7)
Total 1206 (48.5) 1280 (51.5) 2486 (100.0) 1291 (49.0) 1344 (51.0) 2635 (100.0) 2497 (48.8) 2624 (51.2) 5121 (100.0)
* Significant at P< 0.05