Table 1.

Comparison of FA–WALA distance in posterior teeth in Angle’s Class I, Class II, and Class III malocclusions

Tooth	Mean±SD			P
	Angle’s Class I malocclusion	Angle’s Class II malocclusion	Angle’s Class III malocclusion
1st premolar	0.61±0.41	0.45±0.38	0.37±0.25	0.0115 (S)
2nd premolar	1.01±0.48	0.98±0.41	0.68±0.33	0.0006 (S)
1st molar	1.87±0.52	1.67±0.45	1.51±0.32	0.0015 (S)
2nd molar	2.38±0.57	2.41±0.58	2.30±0.4	0.06571
Total	1.47±0.85	1.38±0.86	1.35±0.82	0.0268 (S)

SD: Standard deviation, S: Significant