Authors : Tazdik G Chowdhurya, Dilruba Rahmanb, Tasnim A Jannat, Md Mahfuz Hossaind, Asma Sultanae, Md Ashif Iqbalf, Ashek Elahi Noorg
DOI : 10.3329/updcj.v5i1.25820
Volume : 5
Issue : 1
Year : 2015
Page No : 3-9
Purpose of this study was to investigate the most common accurate position of the mental foramen in selected Bangladeshi population which helps in several clinical procedure and nerve block anesthesia.The study sample included one hundred and one panoramic radiographs of selected urban population of Bangladesh taken in Out Patient Department, Update Dental College, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The most common Horizontal position of the mental foramen was below the root of second premolar tooth (37.6%). In vertical axis, the location of MF in lower half of body of mandible was found in all OPGs (100%).In vertical distance, Position B, which is measured by distance between 1.0 mm to 1.5 mm,is the most common position of MF in all aspect as viewed in OPGs in Bangladeshi population.In this study, the difference of the location of the mental foramen in different ethnics groups was discussed. Clinicians and anthropologists should expect to find the position of the mental foramen to be symmetrical and below the root of second premolar tooth.Update Dent. Coll. j: 2015; 5 (1): 03-09