Open AccessMomentousness of the mental loop: A comparative study
Author(s) -
Ramya Katyayani Kastala,
Chaya M David,
Namitha Jayapal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/ccd.ccd_391_18
Subject(s) - mental foramen , medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , cone beam computed tomography , dentistry , inferior alveolar nerve , orthodontics , significant difference , mean difference , computed tomography , radiography , confidence interval , surgery , molar , botany , biology , genus
To assess the anterior (aAL) and caudal (cAL) extensions of Anterior loop (AL) of Inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) using Digital Panoramic (DP) and Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) for its presence and dimensions in various age groups, genders, right and left sides of the mandible and between dentulous and edentulous patients.