Assessment of morphological and anatomical characteristics of mental foramen using cone beam computed tomography

ConclusionsThis study may provide useful information about variations in the position, shape and size, angle of mental foramen, which may help the practitioners to perform safer mental nerve blocks and surgical procedures.

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Source: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy - May 25, 2018 Category: Anatomy Source Type: research