Table 12 Dehiscence and fenestration prevalence and mean size by buccal and lingual surfaces by subgroup. Teeth in edgebite were excluded
|  | Crossbite group (1) (excluding edgebite) (n = 416) | Noncrossbite group (n = 447) | p value (SG1–SG2) | p value (SG1–SG3) | p value (SG2–SG3) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SG1: teeth in crossbite (89) | SG2: teeth not in crossbite (327) | SG3: teeth not in crossbite (447) | |||||
Buccal Dehiscence | Prevalence (number of observations) | 29.2% (26) | 33.9% (111) | 22.4% (100) | 0.400 | 0.164 | < 0.001** |
Mean size (mm) ± SD | 4.45 ± 2.95 | 4.56 ± 2.48 | 4.27 ± 2.54 | 0.715 | |||
Lingual dehiscence | Prevalence (number of observations) | 28.1% (25) | 25.1% (82) | 21.3% (95) | 0.564 | 0.158 | 0.211 |
Mean size (mm) ± SD | 3.61 ± 2.59 | 3.19 ± 1.92 | 2.91 ± 1.13 | 0.165 | |||
Buccal fenestration | Prevalence (number of observations) | 28.1% (25) | 25.4% (83) | 22.8% (102) | 0.605 | 0.286 | 0.409 |
Mean size (mm) ± SD | 3.69 ± 1.45 | 4.42 ± 1.99 | 4.15 ± 1.76 | 0.201 | |||
Lingual fenestration | Prevalence (number of observations) | 9% (8) | 12.2% (40) | 7.8% (35) | 0.396 | 0.713 | 0.041* |
Mean size (mm) ± SD | 5.38 ± 3.19 | 4.21 ± 2.45 | 3.83 ± 1.96 | 0.245 | |||