Open AccessCone Beam Computed Tomography based evaluation of position of mental foramen and its relation to apices of mandibular posterior teeth in a sample of Pakistani population
Author(s) -
Momina Anis Motiwala,
Faizan Javed,
Robia Ghafoor
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of the pakistan medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0030-9982
DOI - 10.47391/jpma.3358
Subject(s) - medicine , mental foramen , cone beam computed tomography , orthodontics , computed tomography , position (finance) , foramen , population , sample (material) , tomography , dentistry , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , anatomy , radiology , radiography , botany , finance , biology , economics , genus , chemistry , environmental health , chromatography
To radiographically determine the mental foramen position, its distance to the nearest apex and the prevalence of anterior loop of mandibular nerve using cone-beam computed tomography scans.