Table 7.
Assessment of the position of the mandibular incisors in both groups.
| Measurement | Study Group (n = 50) “Reciprocal Clicking” |
Control Group (n = 55) “No Symptoms of TMD” |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| FMIA angle [°] | 0.6581 1 | ||
| av. (SD) | 61.4 (7.9) | 60.7 (8.5) | |
| range | 45.5–76.5 | 42.5–85.0 | |
| median | 60.5 | 60.0 | |
| 95%CI | [59.2;63.7] | [58.4;63.0] | |
| IMPA angle [°] | 0.5494 1 | ||
| av. (SD) | 93.3 (7.6) | 94.3 (9.5) | |
| range | 76.0–106.5 | 75.0–121.0 | |
| median | 94.0 | 95.0 | |
| 95%CI | [91.2;95.5] | [91.8;96.9] | |
| L1/OcclMd angle [°] | 0.6349 2 | ||
| av. (SD) | 71.2 (7.8) | 70.1 (8.8) | |
| range | 59.0–85.5 | 47.0–92.5 | |
| median | 70.5 | 68.5 | |
| 95%CI | [69.0;73.4] | [67.8;72.5] | |
| L1/U1 angle [°] | 0.5347 1 | ||
| av. (SD) | 134.9 (15.6) | 133.0 (14.7) | |
| range | 95.0–168.5 | 88.5–169.5 | |
| median | 133.3 | 129.5 | |
| 95%CI | [130.4;139.3] | [129.1;137.0] |
1 T-Student test; 2 U Mann‒Whitney test.