Table 3.
Concordance rate of maturity scores between third molars within the same jaw and between jaws.
| Criteria | Teeth | Male |
Female |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concordance Rate (%) | P-value | Concordance Rate (%) | P-value | ||
| DMJ | UR-UL | 91.3 | 0.494 | 86.7 | 0.286 |
| LR-LL | 91.0 | 0.739 | 89.6 | 0.170 | |
| UR-LR | 75.0 | 0.002* | 69.3 | 0.000* | |
| UL-LL | 80.7 | 0.006* | 65.9 | 0.000* | |
| KHL | UR-UL | 79.6 | 0.584 | 75.6 | 0.002* |
| LR-LL | 80.1 | 0.127 | 78.2 | 0.201 | |
| UR-LR | 61.8 | 0.945 | 56.5 | 0.393 | |
| UL-LL | 63.8 | 0.666 | 54.9 | 0.000* | |
| TVS | UR-UL | 84.4 | 0.116 | 68.8 | 0.080 |
| LR-LL | 86.2 | 0.061 | 72.4 | 0.683 | |
| UR-LR | 63.0 | 0.664 | 52.0 | 0.062 | |
| UL-LL | 65.7 | 0.277 | 47.1 | 0.002* | |
| LVD | UR-UL | 78.8 | 0.447 | 76.5 | 0.389 |
| LR-LL | 80.2 | 0.618 | 72.6 | 0.834 | |
| UR-LR | 58.1 | 0.047* | 52.7 | 0.000* | |
| UL-LL | 64.9 | 0.010* | 52.6 | 0.000* | |
UR, upper right third molar score; UL, upper left third molar score; LL, lower left third molar score; LR, lower right third molar score; DMJ, Demirjian; KHL, Köhler; TVS, Thevissen; LVD, Liversidge; *P < 0.05 indicates a statistically significant difference.