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Table 1 Measured parameters

From: Distribution of bone thickness in the human mandibular ramus – a CBCT-based study

Parameter

Description

Bone thickness

Bone thickness measured at grid intersections

Mean bone thickness

Mean bone thickness referring to all measured points of one ramus

Ramus height

Distance from the horizontal baseline to the sigmoid notch

Ramus width

Distance from the vertical baseline to the anterior notch

Gonion angle

Angle between the vertical and horizontal baseline

Dorsal lingula position

Distance from the tip of the lingula to the dorsal tangent of the ramus

Caudal lingula position

Distance from the tip of the lingula to the caudal tangent of the ramus