Evaluation of Radiographic Measurement of Mental Foramen in Selected Urban Population

Authors

  • Sutapa Sarker Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology, MH Samorita Dental Unit,Tajgaon, Bangladesh.
  • Siba Pada Roy Assistant Professor and Associate Consultant, Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute, Bangladesh
  • Tazdik G Chowdhury Associate Professor and Head, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Update Dental College and Hospital, Bangladesh
  • Dilruba Rahman Assistant Professor , Department of Dental Public Health, Update Dental College and Hospital, Bangladesh
  • Md Mahfuz Hossain Associate Professor and Head, Department of Oral Anatomy and Physiology, Update Dental College and Hospital, Bangladesh
  • Nusrat Saki Assistant Professor and, Department Oral Anatomy and Physiology, Bangladesh Dental College and Hospital, Bangladesh
  • Gazi Ikhtiar Ahmed Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Anatomy Dental Unit, Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College & Hospital, Enayetpur, Sirajganj,Bang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/kyamcj.v10i1.41480

Keywords:

Orthopentomogram (OPG), Mental foramen (MF), Mandible, Premolar teeth

Abstract

Background: To determine the most common position of both mental foramen in selected Bangladeshi population.

Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional study. Convenient sampling technique was used. For this seventy five panoramic radiographs of Bangladeshi population were taken from Out Patient Department of MH Samorita dental unit, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Result: The most common Horizontal position of the mental foramen was in line with second premolar (position 4). In vertical axis, the location of MF in lower half of body of mandible was found in all OPGs (100%).

Conclusion: The knowledge about the position of the mental foramen may be helpful to the dental surgeons to achieve full anesthesia after nerve block.

KYAMC Journal Vol. 10, No.-1, April 2019, Page 31-34

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Published

2019-05-22

How to Cite

Sarker, S., Roy, S. P., Chowdhury, T. G., Rahman, D., Hossain, M. M., Saki, N., & Ahmed, G. I. (2019). Evaluation of Radiographic Measurement of Mental Foramen in Selected Urban Population. KYAMC Journal, 10(1), 31–34. https://doi.org/10.3329/kyamcj.v10i1.41480

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Original Articles