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Table 4 Frequency of partial split of pterygopalatine suture (PPS) between males and females

From: Tomographic assessment of palatal suture opening pattern and pterygopalatine suture disarticulation in the axial plane after midfacial skeletal expansion

Parameter

Males

Females

P value

Split of medial pterygoid plates on Rt and Lt PPS

1/20 (5.0%)

4/30 (13.3%)

0.636

Split of PPS on Rt side only

2/20 (10.0%)

1/30 (3.3%)

0.556