ReviewRadiology research and practice2021
Evaluation of Mental Foramen with Cone Beam Computed Tomography: A Systematic Review of Literature.
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- CBCT-Based Anatomical Assessment of Lingual Bone Availability Relevant to the Mental Foramen Bypass Concept in Posterior Atrophied Mandibles.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Mental Foramen Position and Morphology on Panoramic Radiographs.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Article
- A new radiological classification of the mental foramen in the edentulous mandible: clinical and surgical implications.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2026Article
- Mapping the Mandibular Lingual Foramina for Safer Chin Surgery: CT Morphometry and Predictive Modeling.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Article
- Dento-Osseous Variability of the Mental Foramen: A Retrospective CT-Based Morphometric Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Schisantherin A promotes neural differentiation of stem cells from apical papilla to improve mandibular development via mental nerve repair.Stem cell research & therapy · 2026Article
- Anatomical variations of the mental foramen in prognathic, retrognathic and orthognathic mandibles: a cone-beam computed tomography based analysis.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2026Article
- Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of the digital static guide versus the freehand approach in endodontic microsurgery: in vitro study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Anatomical and CBCT-Based Evaluation of the Mental Foramen in Korean Adults: Clinical Implications for Implant Surgery and Mental Nerve Block.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Comparison of ultrasonography and cone-beam computed tomography for quantitative assessment of mental foramen and alveolar crest.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Dental Implant Positioning Errors: A Radiographic Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A rare case of an anatomical variant of nonexistent mental foramen.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Anatomic Variations Important for Dental Implantation in the Mandible-A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Evaluation of Mental Foramen and Mandibular Canal Course and Location in an Emirati Subpopulation.International dental journal · 2024Article
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- Anatomical characteristics of mental foramen and canal: A cone-beam computed tomography analysis.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2024Article
- Accessory lingual mental foramen: A case report of a rare anatomic variation.Oral radiology · 2024Article
- Anatomical study of the zygomaticofacial foramen and zygomatic canals communicating with the zygomaticofacial foramen for zygomatic implant treatment: a cadaver study with micro-computed tomography analysis.Anatomy & cell biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this systematic review is to assess whether the anatomy of mental foramen is precisely evaluable with cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) before implantation in humans.
methodsA systematic review was carried out to evaluate the anatomy of mental foramen (size, position, symmetry, anterior loop, and accessory mental foramen or multiple mental foramina). According to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, an electronic search of three databases (Medline, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library) was undertaken until June 2020 and was supplemented by manual searching. Two reviewers will independently perform the processes of study inclusion, data extraction, and quality assessment. Systematic reviews, studies about children, and case reports were excluded. Only studies using CBCT to do preoperative evaluation were selected.
resultsFrom 728 potentially eligible articles, 72 were included in the qualitative analysis and quantitative synthesis. This systematic review provided an assessment of the anatomy of the mental foramen. The mental foramen was located mostly between the two premolars (between 50.4% and 61.95%) or apically to the second premolar (from 50.3% to 57.9%). The mean diameter of the mental foramen was bigger in males than in females; the difference between them could reach 0.62 mm. The anterior loop seemed to be longer in males (between 0.87 ± 1.81 and 7.25 ± 2.02 mm) than in females (between 0.81 ± 1.18 and 6.52 ± 1.63 mm) and with the presence of teeth (from 0.91 ± 1.18 to 2.55 ± 1.28 for dentate people and from 0.25 ± 0.61 to 2.40 ± 0.88 mm for edentate population). The anterior loop and the accessory mental foramina were detected more frequently with CBCT than panoramic X-ray: only between 0.0 and 48.6% AMFs detected with CBCT were also seen with panoramic images.
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