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- Title
Position of the Mental Foramen in Kosovarian Population.
- Authors
Kqiku, Lumnije; Weiglein, Andreas; Kamberi, Blerim; Hoxha, Veton; Meqa, Kastriot; Städtler, Peter
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the position, shape, number and radiographic appearance of the mental fora-men in a selected Kosovarian population. Five hundred panoramic radiographs of dental Kosovarian patients were se-lected and analyzed according to the mental foramen position, shape, radiographic appearance, number and symmetry. The mean distance in the horizontal plane of the mental foramen to the posterior border of the mandibular ramus was 67.5 mm and for distance from the mental foramen to symphysis menti 24.84 mm. In the vertical plane the mean dis-tance of the mental foramen to alveolar crest was 20.38 mm and 14.68 mm for distance of the mental foramen to the lower border of mandible. The majority of mental foramen was oval in shape and the most frequent radiographic appearance was the separated type. Accessory mental foramina were detected in <1% of the cases and the mental foramen was not bi-laterally symmetrical but no statistical differences were found. This study showed that the most common position of the mental foramen investigated using panoramic radiographs from a selected group in Kosovarian population was between the first and second mandibular premolars with distinct tendency to be positioned near to the second mandibular premolar. Cilj je ovog istraživanja odrediti smještaj, oblik, broj te radiografsko pojavljivanje mentalnog foramena u odabranoj kosovskoj populaciji. Petsto panoramskih radiografskih snimki pacijenata odabrano je i analizirano prema smještaju, obliku, radiografskom pojavljivanju, broju i simetriji. Srednja udaljenost u horizontalnoj ravnini mentalnog foramena posteriornoj granici mandibularnog ramusa iznosila je 67,5 mm, a za udaljenost od mentalnog foramena do symphysis menti 24,84 mm. U vertikalnoj ravnini srednja udaljenost mentalnog foramena do alveolarnog grebena bila je 20,38 mm te 14,68 mm za udaljenost od mentalnog foramena do donjeg ruba mandibule. Glavnina mentalnog foramena bila je ovalnog oblika, a najučestalije radiografsko pojavljivanje bilo je odvojenog tipa. Dodatni mentalni forameni primije-ćeni su u < 1%slučajeva gdje mentalni foramen nije bio bilateralno simetričan, no nisu nađene nikakve značajne statis-tičke razlike. Ova studija pokazala je kako je najučestaliji smještaj mentalnog foramena istraživan na temelju pano-ramskih radiografskih snimki odabrane kosovske populacije između prvih i drugih mandibularnih premolara s nagla-šenom tendencijom pozicioniranja blizu drugog mandibularnog premolara.
- Subjects
MANDIBLE; JAWS; ALVEOLAR process; MANDIBULAR ramus; DENTAL implants; BICUSPIDS; DENTISTRY; ANATOMY
- Publication
Collegium Antropologicum, 2013, Vol 37, Issue 2, p545
- ISSN
0350-6134
- Publication type
Article