ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2020
Clinical anatomy of the accessory mandibular foramen: application to mandibular ramus osteotomy.
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- Morphometric Study on the Mandibular Foramen.Cureus · 2024Article
- Clinical anatomy of coronoid foramina of mandible and review of its implications in maxillofacial surgery.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2023Article
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- Bifid Mandibular Canal: A Proportional Meta-Analysis of Computed Tomography Studies.International journal of dentistry · 2023Review
- Anatomic feasibility of a modified 3-distal site anesthesia injection method for impacted mandibular third molar extraction using cone-beam computed tomography.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Three-dimensional analysis of mandible ramus morphology and transverse stability after intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2022Article
- A rare case of trifid mandibular canal with bilateral retromolar foramina.Anatomy & cell biology · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeAn accessory foramen around the mandibular foramen is called an accessory mandibular foramen (AMF). The clinical anatomy of the AMF has not been well described. The aim of this study was to reveal the clinical anatomy of the AMF for a better understanding of its implication during ramus surgeries.
methodsTwenty-two sides fresh-frozen cadaveric heads with a mean age of 76.2 ± 14.4 years at death underwent dissection. The neurovascular bundles passing through the AMF were observed. Additionally, a hemi-face of a latex injected embalmed cadaver was dissected medially to laterally and the neurovascular bundles of the AMF investigated.
resultsA unilateral foramen, bilateral foramina, and absence of foramina were found in 45.4%, 18.2%, and 36.4%, respectively. The origin of the neurovascular bundle entering the AMF was a branch of the maxillary artery in 20% and a tributary of the inferior alveolar vein in 80%. In the latex embalmed cadaver, the AMF was found to contain a branch from the maxillary artery and a tributary of the maxillary vein.
conclusionGiven the practical meaning of the specific AMF located in the operative field of the ramus osteotomy, we suggest these be named "foramina for ramus osteotomy."
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