Research Article

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

Table 3

Parameters to locate the right and left mental foramen in relation to symphysis menti and posterior border of ramus of mandible, and foramen horizontal diameter.

Parameters*WYXZWXHD
RtLtRtLtRtLtRtLt

Mean (mm)25.3925.2965.76 66.1396.3496.57 5.19 5.12
SD (mm) 0.660.30 0.700.770.690.830.24 0.28

ā€‰*WY: symphysis menti to medial margin of foramen; XZ: posterior border of ramus of mandible to lateral margin of foramen; WX: symphysis menti to posterior border of ramus of mandible; HD: horizontal diameter of foramen.