Assessing the Anatomical Variations of Lingual Foramen and its Bony Canals with CBCT taken from 120 Patients
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2023-02
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International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research
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Introduction: The lingual foramen is situated in the midline, level with or superior to the genial tubercles. It contains blood vessels that supply the anterior mandible. This study was conducted with aim of assessing the anatomical variations of lingual foramen & its bony canals with Cone Beam Computed Tomography imaging within the local population.Also,to evaluate the correlation between various measurements taken with Age and Sex. Material and methods: This retrospective radiographic study was conducted in the department of oral medicine and Radiology, Govt Dental College & Hospital, Srinagar which included 120 patients (60 males and 60 females). Their CBCT were subjected to various measurements in cognizance with objectives of the study.Radiographic types and morphometric measurement were recorded. Radiographically subtypes of lingual foramen were recorded according to classifation given by Sekerci AE(2014) Results: In our study, all 120(100%) patients showed median lingual foramen, some patients also showed paramedian position (4 males and 3 females) Double lingual foramen (55.8%) is shown in most of the cases followed by single foramen (38.3%) .There was significant difference between gender seen in single lingual foramen (p-value 0.024). Type I lingual foramen was most (33.3%) commonly found followed by type VI(30.85%) Conclusion: There is wide range of anatomical variation of lingual vascular canals in respects of number, position and dimension.CBCT is a three-dimensional radiographic imaging modality with greatly reduced doses of radiation and high accuracy.Results will be discussed in detail in presentation.
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Lingual Foramen, Bony Canals of Lingual Foramen, CBCT, Mandibular Implant Treatment Planning.
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Chalkoo Altaf Hussain, Rajput Deeksha. Assessing the Anatomical Variations of Lingual Foramen and its Bony Canals with CBCT taken from 120 Patients. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research. 2023 Feb; 10(2): 1-6