Cone Beam Computed Tomographic Analysis of the Shape, Height, and Location of the Mandibular Lingula in a Population of Children

Table 5

Comparison of various studies on location of lingual.

Authors	Reference	Study design	Population	Year	Distance from anterior border of ramus (mm)	Distance from posterior border of ramus (mm)	Distance from mandibular notch (mm)
Woo et al.	[29]	Dry mandible	Korea	2002	18.6 ± 2.5	16.1 ± 3.5	19.8 ± 5.1
Kositbowornchai et al.	[24]		Thai	2007	20.7 ± 2.8	15.4 ± 1.9	—
Jansisyanont et al.	[21]		Thai	2009	20.6 ± 3.5	18.0 ± 2.6	16.6 ± 2.9
Samanta and Kharb	[30]		India	2012	20.0 ± 2.4	15.0 ± 2.7	15.4 ± 2.7
Monnazzi et al.	[2]		Brazil	2012	16.5 ± 2.3	14.6 ± 2.13	16.4 ± 2.6
Present study		CBCT	Turkey	2013	13.3 ± 2.3	10.2 ± 1.6	11.4 ± 2.5