Open AccessLingual vascular canal assessment by dental computed tomography: A retrospective study
Author(s) -
Prashant Jaju,
Sushma Jaju
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.84293
Subject(s) - medicine , computed tomography , dentistry , mandibular canal , retrospective cohort study , radiology , orthodontics , surgery , molar
Lingual vascular canal (LVC) is an important anatomical structure in mandibular anterior region. Trauma to this structure during implant placement has been reported in this study. Dental computed tomography (DCT) provides a three-dimensional visualization of lingual vascular canal.
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