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Table 2 Position and characteristics of the submandibular fossa and root length of the mandibular second molar

From: Cone beam computed tomographic analysis of the spatial limitation during mandibular arch distalization

 

Submandibular fossa

Root length

Depth

Position

 
  

Most mesial pointa

Most distal pointb

Most superior point#

Most inferior point#

 

Mean

2.58

21.62

12.92

7.87

16.22

11.09

SD

0.82

6.41

7.64

2.89

2.51

2.24

  1. aanterior to Plane B (mm); bposterior to Plane B (mm); #beneath alveolar crest (mm)
  2. Plane B, perpendicular to the average height of alveolar crest of mandibular first and second molars and tangential to the most distal point of mandibular second molar
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