Maximal mouth opening capacity: percentiles for healthy children 4–17 years of age

Table 1 Number of individuals in every age group for boys and girls with MOC values (mm): mean, 10th and 90th percentile

Age	2y	3y	4y	5y	6y	7y	8y	9y	10y	11y	12y	13y	14y	15y	16y	17y	18y	Total
n: male	1	2	166	1249	1146	1159	687	889	967	895	894	848	852	685	198	19	2	10659
mean MOC (mm)	-	-	40.1	40.7	42.2	43.6	44.4	45.5	46.1	47.3	48.5	49.2	51.2	51.6	52.0	51.2	-	45
10^th Percentile			35	35	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	42	43	43	43	42	-	25-70
90^th Percentile			46	46	48	50	51	52	53	55	56	57	60	60	61	60
n: female	0	2	200	1285	1024	1130	610	810	915	901	811	784	800	648	127	12	1	10060
mean MOC (mm)	-	-	40.4	40.7	41.8	43.2	44.0	45.3	46.2	47.6	48.1	48.9	48.8	49.4	49.0	47.4	-	45
10^th Percentile			35	35	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	42	42	42	41	36	-	25-69
90^th Percentile			45	46	48	49	51	52	53	55	55	56	56	56	58	58

ISSN: 1546-0096