Table 6.
Assessment of the position and morphology of the mandible in both groups.
| Measurement | Study Group (n = 50) “Reciprocal Clicking” |
Control Group (n = 55) “No Symptoms of TMD” |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNPg angle [°] | 0.1933 1 | ||
| av. (SD) | 78.23 (3.67) | 79.14 (3.32) | |
| range | 70.0–86.0 | 73.0–88.0 | |
| median | 78.25 | 79.0 | |
| 95%CI | [77.21;79.25] | [78.26;80.01] | |
| NSa angle [°] | 0.8956 1 | ||
| av. (SD) | 124.0 (4.9) | 123.9 (5.0) | |
| range | 114.5–135.0 | 113.0–134.0 | |
| median | 123.8 | 123.0 | |
| 95%CI | [122.6;125.4] | [122.5;125.2] | |
| SaGo angle [°] | 0.2926 1 | ||
| av. (SD) | 145.6 (7.4) | 144.0 (7.7) | |
| range | 122.5–165.0 | 128.5–161.0 | |
| median | 145.0 | 144.0 | |
| 95%CI | [143.5;147.7] | [141.9;146.1] | |
| FMA [°] | 0.7698 1 | ||
| av. (SD) | 25.3 (4.9) | 24.9 (5.7) | |
| range | 12.50–35.0 | 8.0–41.5 | |
| median | 25.0 | 25.0 | |
| 95%CI | [23.9;26.6] | [23.4;26.5] | |
| NL/ML [°] | 0.4340 1 | ||
| av. (SD) | 23.2 (6.3) | 22.3 (5.9) | |
| range | 10.5–38.5 | 7.0–35.0 | |
| median | 23.5 | 22.5 | |
| 95%CI | [21.4;25.0] | [20.7;23.8] | |
| aGoGn angle [°] | 0.6575 1 | ||
| av. (SD) | 122.0 (6.7) | 122.6 (7.1) | |
| range | 108.0–134.5 | 100.5–136.5 | |
| median | 123.5 | 122.5 | |
| 95%CI | [120.1;123.9] | [120.7;124.5] | |
| aGoN angle [°] | 0.0629 1 | ||
| av. (SD) | 49.5 (3.9) | 51.0 (4.4) | |
| range | 41.0–57.5 | 42.5–59.0 | |
| median | 49.8 | 51.5 | |
| 95%CI | [48.4;50.6] | [49.9;52.2] | |
| NGoGn angle [°] | 0.3604 1 | ||
| av. (SD) | 72.5 (5.3) | 71.6 (5.1) | |
| range | 61.5–83.0 | 55.5–84.0 | |
| median | 72.0 | 71.5 | |
| 95%CI | [71.0;74.0] | [70.2;72.9] |
1 T-Student test.