Study of Position, Shape, and Size of Mental Foramen Utilizing Various Parameters in Dry Adult Human Mandibles from North India

Table 4

Comparison of present study with similar studies by different groups.

Authors	Population	Side	Positions of foramen in percent
			I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Agarwal and Gupta [4]	Central Indian	Rt	0	0	7.8	81.5	2.7	7.9
		Lt	0	0	7.6	81.5	3.1	7.8
Amorim et al. [12]	Brazilian	Rt	0	0	19.8	71.4	8.8	0
		Lt	0	0	23.1	68.1	8.8	0
Yeşilyurt et al. [13]	Turkish	Rt	0	5.7	34.3	55.7	4.3	0
		Lt	0	7.1	25.7	61.4	5.7	0
Present study	Northern Indian	Rt	0	3.8	20.0	61.0	14.3	0.9
		Lt	0	2.9	20.9	59.1	15.2	1.9