ArticleOdontology2022
Prevalence of bifid and trifid mandibular canals with unusual patterns of nerve branching using cone beam computed tomography.
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- Imaging-Based Clinical Management of Mandibular Canal Variants: PR-CBCT-Selective MRI.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Prevalence and topography of bifid and trifid mandibular canal in Turkish Western Anatolia Population: evaluation of the inferior alveolar canal with CBCT.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Anatomical Characteristics of Bifid and Trifid Mandibular Canals: A Computer Tomography Analysis.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2024Article
- Mandibular canal assessment in dentate and edentulous ridges of 400 Iraqi Arab and Kurdish populations using cone beam computed tomography.The Saudi dental journal · 2024Article
- Prevalence and characteristics of accessory mandibular canals in an eastern Chinese population by cone beam computed tomography.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2023Article
- Prevalence of bifid variations of the mandibular canal in an Iranian population using cone-beam computed tomography.Oral radiology · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Bifid Mandibular Canal: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.World journal of plastic surgery · 2023Review
- Bifid Mandibular Canal: A Proportional Meta-Analysis of Computed Tomography Studies.International journal of dentistry · 2023Review
- Prevalence and Characteristics of Accessory Mandibular Canals: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study in a European Adult Population.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- What are the retromolar and bifid/trifid mandibular canals as seen on cone-beam computed tomography? Revisiting classic gross anatomy of the inferior alveolar nerve and correcting terminology.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2022Review
- The Real Anatomy of Mandibular Canal: "New Features and Prospectives in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery".In vivo (Athens, Greece)Review
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Abstract
Lack of knowledge concerning the inferior alveolar canal anatomical variations had proven to increase the incidence of surgical complications, so the study aimed to assess the configuration and prevalence of bifid and trifid mandibular canals using cone beam CT in Egyptian subpopulation. Cone beam CT scans of 278 patients (530 hemi-mandibles) were included in the study, in which bifid and trifid mandibular canals or any other branching patterns were recorded and evaluated. Bifid canals were categorized following Naitoh classification, and the diameter of the main mandibular and accessory canals was measured. Bifid canals were detected in 181 canals (34%) while trifid canals in 46 canals (8.7%). Upon classifying the bifid canals, 78 canals showed forward type, 40 retromolar type, 33 dental type, and 7 canals showed buccolingual type. Two special bifid canals subtypes were reported in 23 canals and nine distinct patterns of trifid canals were reported in our study. In addition, unusual patterns of canal branching were reported in 5 cases. The mean diameter of the accessory canals was 1.18 ± .54 mm and the main canal was 3.98 ± 1.31 mm. This study reported a high prevalence (54%) of canal branching, which reinforces the importance of cone beam CT in pre-surgical planning.
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