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Age‐Associated Changes of the Mandibular Foramen Position in Anteroposterior Dimension and of the Mandibular Angle in Dry Human Mandibles
Author(s) -
Ashkenazi Malka,
Taubman Lilach,
Gavish Anat
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the anatomical record: advances in integrative anatomy and evolutionary biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1932-8494
pISSN - 1932-8486
DOI - 10.1002/ar.21429
Subject(s) - gonial angle , calipers , dentition , anatomy , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , medicine , mandibular ramus , permanent dentition , orthodontics , dentistry , biology , radiography , molar , mathematics , surgery , geometry , botany , genus
The effect of age on the anteroposterior (A‐P) position of the mandibular foramen (MF) and on the size of the gonial angle (GA) was evaluated in this study. From an Israeli Bedouin population, 121 dry mandibles with primary (36), mixed (26), and permanent dentitions (59) were analyzed. The A‐P position of the MF perpendicular to the posterior border of the ramus was measured with a digital caliper. A mandibulometer was used to evaluate the GA. The MF distance from the posterior border of the ramus increased significantly with age by 66% from primary (7.75 mm) to permanent (12.9 mm; P < 0.001). Similarly, the MF distance from the posterior border of the ramus relative to the total ramus width in A‐P dimension increased significantly (21.4%) with altered dentitions from primary (0.28) to late permanent dentition (0.34; P < 0.001). The GA decreased significantly with age from 140.17° ± 5.9° (primary dentition) to 123.61° ± 6.9° (late permanent dentition; P < 0.001). The anterior movement of the MF and the decreased size of the GA that occurred with changing dentition were related to growth process. The MF moves anteriorly, and the GA decreases with age. Anat Rec, 2011. © 2011 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.