Open AccessThe position and dimensions of the mental foramen in adult Malawian mandibles
Author(s) -
Patrick Sunday Igbigbi,
S Lebona
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v24i3.28195
Subject(s) - mental foramen , medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , foramen , premolar , orthodontics , anatomy , mental nerve , population , dentistry , radiography , chin , molar , surgery , botany , environmental health , biology , genus
The mental foramen is found on the anterolateral aspect of the mandible and transmits the mental nerve and vessels. The identification and actual location of this foramen is very important in clinical dentistry as well as in the microscopic and macroscopic evaluation of the morphology and maturity of the human mandible.