Radiographic study of mental foramen in Chitwan population

Authors

  • Smriti Narayan Thakur Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur 10, Nepal
  • Meena Kumari Mishra Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur 10, Nepal
  • Basuraj Pandey Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur 10, Nepal
  • Harendra Singh Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur 10, Nepal
  • Shrijana Mishra Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur 10, Nepal

Keywords:

Diagnosis, Mental Foramen, Panoramic radiograph

Abstract

Background: Knowledge about the type & position of mental foramen is very much important landmark for dentists to perform any surgical procedure in the vicinity of mental foramen. The pur­pose of this study was to determine the most frequently occurring type & position of the mental foramen in Chitwan population using digital Panoramic Radiograph.

Methods: This cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted on 500 (250 Male& 250 Female) digital panoramic radiograph which were collected from the department of Oral Medicine & Radi­ology. The type & position of Mental Foramen was analysed with Dicom viewer. The data obtained was statistically analyzed by with descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS Version 20.

Result: The most common type of mental foramen was Type 3 (diffuse with a distinct border of the foramen) & the test showed significant difference by gender. The most common position of mental foramen was position 4 (in line with second premolar) followed by position 3 (Between the first & second premolar) with no significant difference with gender with p-value <0.05.

Conclusions: This study shows that the most frequent appearance of mental foramen lies in the line of second premolar. So this finding is used as a guide line in Chitwan population to perform various type of dental surgical procedure safely in mental foramen region but the accurate radio­graphic identification of mental foramen is paramount.

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Author Biographies

Smriti Narayan Thakur, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur 10, Nepal

Department of Prosthodontics & Maxillofacial Prosthetics

Meena Kumari Mishra, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur 10, Nepal

Department of Prosthodontics & Maxillofacial Prosthetics

Basuraj Pandey, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur 10, Nepal

Department of Orthodontics

Harendra Singh, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur 10, Nepal

Department of Public Health Dentistry

Shrijana Mishra, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur 10, Nepal

Department of Prosthodontics & Maxillofacial Prosthetics

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Published

2019-12-27

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Thakur, S. N., Mishra, M. K., Pandey, B., Singh, H., & Mishra, S. (2019). Radiographic study of mental foramen in Chitwan population. Journal of Chitwan Medical College, 9(4), 35–38. Retrieved from https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JCMC/article/view/26898

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