Table 2 Descriptive statistics and t values of mesiodistal (MD) and buccolingual (BL) dimensions in South Indian dentition for overall age group 18 to 60 years

MD11

8.3832

.60944

7.9014

.52157

0.4818

6.006

.000

BL11

6.5335

.80645

5.7847

.65617

0.7488

7.202

.000

MD12

6.5221

.56165

6.1100

.68552

0.4121

4.650

.000

BL12

5.7362

.80416

5.1503

.61442

0.5859

5.789

.000

MD13

7.3432

.52651

6.9362

.50665

0.407

5.570

.000

BL13

7.4367

.75290

6.4296

.71578

1.0071

9.694

.000

MD14

6.6486

.56516

6.1725

.62260

0.4761

5.662

.000

BL14

8.8876

.61289

8.2929

.81728

0.5947

5.821

.000

MD15

6.3680

.69342

6.1516

.63231

0.2164

2.306

.022

BL15

8.9065

.64914

8.5479

.57617

0.3586

4.132

.000

MD16

10.2090

.73040

9.7355

.80577

0.4735

4.354

.000

BL16

10.3883

.76932

9.9071

.59526

0.4812

4.947

.000

MD17

9.1894

.87384

8.8267

.76962

0.3627

3.115

.002

BL17

10.0633

.82028

9.6024

.69523

0.4609

4.286

.000

MD21

8.3379

.71402

7.8272

.64097

0.5107

5.323

.000

BL21

6.4598

.76783

5.9032

.89228

0.5566

4.728

.000

MD22

6.3211

.59350

6.0608

.70406

0.2603

2.827

.005

BL22

5.7485

.78773

5.1466

.61663

0.6019

6.017

.000

MD23

7.2575

.55737

6.7578

.55489

0.4997

6.354

.000

BL23

7.3578

.73698

6.3534

.84724

1.0044

8.945

.000

MD24

6.5965

.72507

6.2162

.66535

0.3803

3.865

.000

BL24

8.8855

.56735

8.3887

.79951

0.4968

5.068

.000

MD25

6.3738

.82123

6.1181

.88248

0.2557

2.121

.035

BL25

8.9364

.70055

8.6077

.71862

0.3287

3.275

.001

MD26

10.0126

.76920

9.5403

.64605

0.4723

4.702

.000

BL26

10.3792

1.06949

9.9379

.75658

0.4413

3.369

.001

MD27

8.8806

1.03540

8.4674

.87862

0.4132

3.043

.003

BL27

9.9969

.93203

9.5060

1.03392

0.4909

3.527

.001

MD31

5.3024

.46271

5.0201

.51011

0.2823

4.099

.000

BL31

5.2636

.70895

4.8261

.51230

0.4375

5.002

.000

MD32

5.7982

.47866

5.4761

.45751

0.3221

4.864

.000

BL32

5.4199

.74712

5.0600

.57592

0.3599

3.815

.000

MD33

6.5346

.47084

6.0600

.57697

0.4746

6.373

.000

BL33

6.6103

.72413

5.9129

.73846

0.6974

6.743

.000

MD34

6.6200

.51531

6.2501

.65562

0.3699

4.436

.000

BL34

7.5797

.61090

7.1184

.66217

0.4613

5.120

.000

MD35

6.8441

.75689

6.6268

.58293

0.2173

2.275

.024

BL35

8.0403

.76670

7.6653

.78911

0.375

3.408

.001

MD36

10.5601

.70043

10.1146

.78611

0.4455

4.231

.000

BL36

10.1429

.71224

9.6506

.72210

0.4923

4.854

.000

MD37

9.9533

.98228

9.4771

.86426

0.4762

3.640

.000

BL37

9.6103

.99895

9.1815

.85715

0.4288

3.258

.001

MD41

5.3503

.63997

5.0678

.69276

0.2825

2.995

.003

BL41

5.3591

.86993

4.9228

.45391

0.4363

4.446

.000

MD42

5.7614

.49928

5.5029

.47461

0.2585

3.753

.000

BL42

5.5243

.75137

5.0393

.53870

0.485

5.246

.000

MD43

6.4605

.51831

5.9541

.59276

0.5064

6.431

.000

BL43

6.5383

.78569

5.8546

.62984

0.6837

6.790

.000

MD44

6.6014

.55085

6.2688

.53745

0.3326

4.322

.000

BL44

7.5060

.52809

7.0393

.58832

0.4667

5.903

.000

MD45

6.8250

.68470

6.5433

.60787

0.2817

3.077

.002

BL45

8.0597

.76820

7.6734

.74524

0.3863

3.609

.000

MD46

10.4876

1.14288

10.1531

.64403

0.3345

2.550

.012

BL46

10.1155

.76669

9.6184

.72607

0.4971

4.708

.000

MD47

9.9150

.73722

9.4296

.78277

0.4854

4.514

.000

BL47

9.7473

.76115

9.2630

.69944

0.4843

4.685

.000