Table 2 Assessment of the BCAT
From: Study of the mandibular canal and its surrounding canals by multi-view cone-beam computed tomography
47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 12 | 38 | 32 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 15 |
Occurrence rate of white dense images (%) | 0/N (0.0) | 10/N (26.3) | 1/N (3.1) | 3/N (13.0) | 3/N (11.1) | 1/N (3.8) | 4/N (15.4) | 4/N (14.3) | 10/N (33.3) | 1/N (6.7) |
Occurrence rate DVR level (%) | 12/N (100.0) | 38/N (100.0) | 32/N (100.0) | 21/N (91.3) | 27/N (100.0) | 26/N (100.0) | 26/N (100.0) | 28/N (100.0) | 30/N (100.0) | 15/N (100.0) |
The diameter of the DVR level ± SD | 0.65 ± 0.49 | 0.40 ± 0.28 | 0.21 ± 0.18 | 0.22 ± 0.17 | 0.43 ± 0.18 | 0.40 ± 0.19 | 0.28 ± 0.18 | 0.23 ± 0.21 | 0.36 ± 0.26 | 0.26 ± 0.27 |
95% CI | 0.37, 0.93 | 0.31, 0.49 | 0.15, 0.27 | 0.15, 0.29 | 0.36, 0.5 | 0.33, 0.47 | 0.21, 0.35 | 0.15, 0.31 | 0.27, 0.45 | 0.12, 0.4 |
Connected to mandibular canal (%) | 5/N (41.7) | 11/N (28.9) | 10/N (31.2) | 3/N (13.0) | 3/N (11.1) | 0/N (0.0) | 3/N (11.5) | 8/N (28.6) | 12/N (40.0) | 6/N (40.0) |
Occurrence rate 3D level (%) | 12/N (100.0) | 38/N (100.0) | 32/N (100.0) | 23/N (100.0) | 27/N (100.0) | 26/N (100.0) | 26/N (100.0) | 28/N 100.0) | 30/N (100.0) | 15/N (100.0) |
The diameter of the 3D level ± SD | 0.44 ± 0.17 | 0.36 ± 0.14 | 0.30 ± 0.18 | 0.35 ± 0.13 | 0.37 ± 0.16 | 0.42 ± 0.17 | 0.36 ± 0.21 | 0.28 ± 0.17 | 0.32 ± 0.23 | 0.25 ± 0.20 |
95% CI | 0.34, 0.54 | 0.32, 0.4 | 0.24, 0.36 | 0.3, 0.4 | 0.31, 0.43 | 0.35, 0.49 | 0.28, 0.44 | 0.22, 0.34 | 0.24, 0.4 | 0.15, 0.35 |
Connected to mandibular canal (%) | 8/N (66.7) | 17/N (44.7) | 9/N (28.1) | 5/N (21.7) | 3/N (11.1) | 1/N (3.8) | 8/N (30.8) | 12/N (42.9) | 23/N (76.7) | 5/N (33.3) |
3D normal surface occurrence rate (%) | 12/N (100.0) | 38/N (100.0) | 32/N (100.0) | 23/N (100.0) | 26 /N (96.3) | 25/N (96.2) | 26/N (100.0) | 28/N (100.0) | 30/N (100.0) | 14/N (93.3) |
3D profile occurrence rate (%) | 12/N (100.0) | 37/N (97.4) | 31/N (96.9) | 23/N (100.0) | 27/N (100.0) | 25/N (96.2) | 26/N (100.0) | 28/N (100.0) | 30/N (100.0) | 14/N (93.3) |