Open AccessBifid Mandibular Canal
Author(s) -
Keith A Sonneveld,
Peter Thomsen,
Maritzabel Hogge,
Eun Young Choi,
Jason E. Portnof
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
implant dentistry
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-2982
pISSN - 1056-6163
DOI - 10.1097/id.0000000000000819
Subject(s) - medicine , mandibular canal , demographics , presentation (obstetrics) , retrospective cohort study , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , cone beam computed tomography , dentistry , anatomic variation , computed tomography , orthodontics , surgery , molar , demography , botany , sociology , biology , genus
This case presentation and retrospective review of cone-beam computed tomograms is to evaluate prevalence, classification, and demographics of bifid mandibular canals (BMC) to inform practitioners on this variation and avoid untoward complications due to failure to diagnose.