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Type of Article : Original

Year: 2015 | Volume 3 | Issue 1 | Page No. 899-905

Date of Publication: 31-03-2015

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2015.106

MORPHOMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF MENTAL FORAMEN IN DRY HUMAN MANDIBLE IN NORTH INDIAN POPULATION

Rakesh Kumar Shukla ¹, Prerna Gupta *², Muktyaz Hussein ³, Fida Hussain ⁴, Abhishek Bahadur Singh ⁵.

¹ PG Student, Department of Anatomy, Integral Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Lucknow, U.P. India.
^*2 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Integral Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Lucknow, U.P. India.
³ Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Govt. Medical College, Ambedkar Nagar, U.P. India.
⁴ Professor, Department of Anatomy, Integral Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Lucknow, U.P. India.
⁵ Senior Resident, Department of Otorhinolarygology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, U.P. India.

Address: Dr. Prerna Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Integral Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Lucknow, U.P. India. Contact No: +919451793415, +919721504474.
E-Mail: dr.prerna2009@gmail.com

Abstract

Background: The mental foramen is one of the two holes ("foramina") located on the anterior surface of the mandible. It permits passage of the mental nerve and vessels. The mental foramen descends slightly in edentulous individuals.
Methods: The present study was carried out  in the department of anatomy on 70 Adult North Indian dry Mandibles of unknown age and sex which were obtained from the osteology section of Integral Institute of Medical Sciences and Research & King George medical university. The Mandibles were observed macroscopically for the presence of mental foramen.
Results: In our study we observed that the oval shape of mental foramen was 87.1% on right side and 88.6% on left side. Round mental foramen was observed to be 12.9% on the right side   and 11.4% on left side. The Position of Mental foramen in relation to borders left side were found Central (87.1%), upper border (7.1%), lower side (5.7%) and right side Central (85.7%) , upper border (10%) and lower side (4.3%).
Conclusions: Knowledge of the mental foramen and it’s variation in different population is essential for dentists, orthopedicians and anatomists. A future prospect of interest lies in their possible contribution to the maxillofacial anthropologic characteristic identification for different population and races.
KEY WORDS: Mental foramen, Morphometric, Measurement, Human Mandible.

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Rakesh Kumar Shukla, Prerna Gupta, Muktyaz Hussein, Fida Hussain, Abhishek Bahadur Singh. MORPHOMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF MENTAL FORAMEN IN DRY HUMAN MANDIBLE IN NORTH INDIAN POPULATION. Int J Anat Res 2015;3(1):899-905. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2015.106