Objective The literature reports that the location of mental foramen shows differences among races. The aim of this study was to assess the mental foramen position in a sample of Lebanese population using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) technology. Materials and methods In this study, we investigated CBCT images of 50 fully dentate Lebanese adults (23 males and 27 females). We assessed t...

The mandibular canal divides into the mental and incisive canals at the premolar region, forms the anterior loop which crosses anterior to the mental foramen, and turns back to reach the mental foramen. The aim of this study was to elucidate the general anatomical structure of the anterior loop of the mandibular canal using morphometry. Twenty-six hemimandibles from 19 cadavers (16 males, 3 fem...

Accurate information regarding the horizontal location and shape of the mental foramen can have clinical significance, such as reducing complications that may occur during maxillofacial surgical procedures involving the mental area. Geographic variations were reported in these variables. The aim was to study the horizontal position and shape of the mental foramen, as seen on panoramic radiograp...

Background. Mental foramen is important in surgical operations of premolars because it transfers the mental nerves and vessels. This study evaluated the variations of mental foramen by cone-beam computed tomography among a selected Iranian population. Materials and Methods. A total number of 180 cone-beam computed tomography projections were analyzed in terms of shape, size, direction, and hori...

This study was aimed at documenting the location, shape, and direction of the opening of the mental foramen in dry mandibles of adult black Tanzanian population. A hundred mandibles were available for studying. In 45% the mental foramen was located below the apex of the second premolar, 35% between the second premolar and the first molar, 12% between the first premolar and second premolar and 8...

UNLABELLED Knowledge of the position of the mental foramen is important both when administering regional anesthesia and performing periapical surgery in the mandible. Although it is often possible to identify the mental foramen by palpation and radiographically, knowing the normal range of possible locations is essential. Standard anatomic texts have data collected from dried skulls, but often ...

The ramus of mandible presents on its medial surface a little above its centre an irregular foramen called the mandibular foramen. This foramen is guarded by a thin sharp tongue shaped projection in its proximity called the lingula. This foramen transmits the inferior alveolar nerve and the corresponding artery to the mandibular canal (Grays) [1]. Here in , the nerve supplies the pulps of all t...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Prerna Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Integral Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Lucknow, U.P. India. Contact No: +919451793415, +919721504474. E-Mail: [email protected] 1 PG Student, Department of Anatomy, Integral Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Lucknow, U.P. India. *2 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, I...

The mental foramen is an important landmark for identifying the mental nerve, and the accessory mental foramen is a rare anatomical variation. This article describes the use of computed tomography (CT) to detect an accessory mental foramen that was initially misdiagnosed as a radiolucent tumour in the right premolar region of a 39-year-old woman by panoramic radiography. The case suggests that ...

Abstract Introduction Mental foramen of mandible has been found to vary in its position, number and distance from the surrounding bony landmarks. This variation occurs with populations as well as with factors like ethnicity, age, sex and sides. Knowledge of this variation is important for localisation of the mental nerve during surgeries in this region. This study was undertaken to document the...