Open AccessMorphometric and imagistic study of mandibular canal topography in dentate patients
Author(s) -
Valentin Daniel Sîrbu,
Dan Ionuţ Sălăvăstru,
Lavinia Buţincu,
Roxana Ivaşcu,
Vanda Roxaimigean,
Ioan Ovidiu Sîrbu,
Victor Nimigean
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
romanian journal of stomatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6078
pISSN - 1843-0805
DOI - 10.37897/rjs.2015.2.12
Subject(s) - mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , mandibular canal , premolar , orthodontics , molar , mandibular first molar , medicine , anatomy , dentistry , biology , botany , genus
The mandibular canal is considered the most important anatomical structure of the mandibular body. Its course shows many topographical variations that could complicate oral surgery procedures in the posterior mandible. The measurements were performed on mandibular cross-sections using both the morphometric method and the imagistic one. The following distances were determined: – the distances between the mandibular canal and the apices of the second premolar, first and second molar (D-CM distance); – the distance between the external (buccal) surface of the mandible and the mandibular canal (FV-CM distance);– the distance between the internal (lingual) surface of the mandible and the mandibular canal (FO-CM distance); After analysing the results and comparing them to the data available in literature, we can state that in this research we have found similarities but also differences from other studies in the field.