Open AccessEvaluation of Radiographic Measurement of Mental Foramen in Selected Urban Population
Author(s) -
S Sarker,
Siba Pada Roy,
Tazdik G Chowdhury,
D Rahman,
Mahfuz Hossain,
Nusrat Saki,
Gazi Ikhtiar Ahmed
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
kyamc journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2308-2860
pISSN - 2308-2720
DOI - 10.3329/kyamcj.v10i1.41480
Subject(s) - mental foramen , medicine , premolar , radiography , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , dentistry , mental nerve , orthodontics , population , foramen , surgery , molar , environmental health , botany , biology , genus
Background: To determine the most common position of both mental foramen in selected Bangladeshi population.
Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional study. Convenient sampling technique was used. For this seventy five panoramic radiographs of Bangladeshi population were taken from Out Patient Department of MH Samorita dental unit, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Result: The most common Horizontal position of the mental foramen was in line with second premolar (position 4). In vertical axis, the location of MF in lower half of body of mandible was found in all OPGs (100%).
Conclusion: The knowledge about the position of the mental foramen may be helpful to the dental surgeons to achieve full anesthesia after nerve block.
KYAMC Journal Vol. 10, No.-1, April 2019, Page 31-34