Dental intervention perspective: Anatomical Variation of Mental and Mandibular Foramen in Selected Malay Patients

Authors

  • Safar Sumit Bunyarit Department of Clinical Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan
  • Rozaida Poh Yuen Ying Department of Clinical Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan
  • Bazliah Abdul Kadir Department of Clinical Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan
  • Munirah Mohd Nizam Department of Clinical Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan
  • MM Rahman Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v15i3.30200

Keywords:

mental foramen, mandibular foramen, anatomical variations, Malays, dental intervention

Abstract

Background: Anatomical structures of head are essential to carry out almost all of dental procedures. In this regard to study the variation of mental and mandibular foramens are prerequisite for the intervention of clinical dentistry. The study was undertaken to determine the anatomical position of the mental foramen (mF) and mandibular foramen (MF) and their relationship.

Methods and Methods: Eighty-seven selected Malay patients were examined at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Dental Clinics in which 34 were male and 53 were female. The size and position of the mF in relation to tooth position were recorded. The size and position of the MF were recorded based on the horizontal and vertical dimensions consisting of reference points namely anterior and posterior border of ascending border of ramus as well as mandibular notch and lower border of mandibular ramus, respectively.

Results: The mF was found to be most in line with second premolar (49%) on both sides in both sexes. The size of mF was larger on the right side and in male (p<0.05). The size of MF on the right and left side for both male and female did not differ significantly (p>0.05). The mean distance between the MF to occlusal plane was 10 mm (SD ±1.56) for both sides. There was no significant difference between mF and MF position (p>0.05).

Conclusion: In the Malay population, anatomical relationship and variation between mental and mandibular foramen were not found to be significant. The information would be useful in dental intervention of the clinicians.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.15(3) 2016 p.450-454

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Safar Sumit Bunyarit, Department of Clinical Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan



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Published

2016-11-03

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Bunyarit, S. S., Ying, R. P. Y., Kadir, B. A., Nizam, M. M., & Rahman, M. (2016). Dental intervention perspective: Anatomical Variation of Mental and Mandibular Foramen in Selected Malay Patients. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 15(3), 450–454. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v15i3.30200

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Vol. 15 No. 3 (2016)

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