INTRODUCTION The retromolar canal is an anatomic structure of the mandible with clinical importance. This canal branches off from the mandibular canal behind the third molar and travels to the retromolar foramen in the retromolar fossa. The retromolar canal might conduct accessory innervation to the mandibular molars or contain an aberrant buccal nerve. METHODS Patients referred for panoramic...

The retromolar trigone is a challenging transoral surgical site due to the difficulty of visualization. Our aim is to report a new technique of transoral robotic resection of retromolar trigone tumours. We present three patients with retromolar trigone tumours with pathological diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma who underwent successful transoral robotic resection. Robotic retromolar trigone ...

A retromolar canal is an anatomical variation in the mandible. As it includes the neurovascular bundle, local anesthetic insufficiency can occur, and an injury of the retromolar canal during dental surgery in the mandible may result in excessive bleeding, paresthesia, and traumatic neuroma. Using imaging analysis software, we evaluated the cone-beam computed tomography (CT) images of two Korean...

The Bonfils retromolar intubation fiberscope is a rigid endoscope designed to enable glottic visualization and facilitate intubation under endoscopic vision. Theoretically, avoiding direct-vision laryngoscopy and thus could produce less stimulation during intubation than the conventional direct laryngoscopic procedure. This prospective randomized study was designed to compare the effect of trac...

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the position of mandibular third molar (M3) and vertical skeletal malocclusions. Methods: Materials for the study consisted of panoramic radiographs and lateral cephalograms of 73 fifteen to nineteen-year-old class I patients (girls=66%, boys= 34%). Patients were classified into three groups based on four vertical ...

BACKGROUND Retromolar trigone tumors are rare and aggressive malignancies. There is lack of quality evidence pertaining to their management due to the heterogeneity in treatment policies adopted. We retrospectively reviewed the patients of locally advanced retromolar trigone tumors treated with a standard and uniform multimodality management. METHODS A retrospective review of patients with lo...

Aberrant buccal nervesarising from the mandibular canal and passing through the retromolar canal into the buccinator muscle is a rarely encountered anatomical variation. This paper will discuss two cases of such variations. In the first, paresthesia developed due to injury to the abnormal nerve during dissection, due to our inexperience. In the second, a cautious dissection based on the experie...

Third molar teeth are causative factors of many oral pathologies. Lower third molars are the most often retained teeth and the origin of considerable pain. The aim of the study is a presentation of the morphology of third molars with incompletely formed apices on the basis of panoramic radiograms. The material comprised routine panoramic radiograms taken in the years 1996-2000. In the cases whe...