Journal:
:journal of dentistry, tehran university of medical sciences
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farzaneh afkhami assistant professor, department of endodontics, faulty of dentistry, tehran university of medical sciences, international campus, tehran, iran.
afshin haraji associate professor,department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, faulty of dentistry, islamic azad university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
hamid reza boostani private practitioner, periodontist, tehran, iran.
accurately localizing the mental foramen and mandibular canal is important when administering local anesthesia and performing surgery; therefore, knowing the normal range of the possible locations is essential. our purpose was to assess the location of the mental foramen and mandibular canal in an iranian population using panoramic radiography.standard panoramic radiographies were performed. th...