Anterior Mandibular Lingual Foramina: An In Vivo Investigation

Table 3

Means and standard deviations of diameters and length of intrabony canals parameter.

		S1	S2	Literature S1*	Literature S2*
Lingual side diameter cross section	Mean; DS	0,8 mm,; 0,17	1,09 mm; 0,4	0,9 mm**; 0,4	0,8 mm**; 0,4
Lingual side diameter axial section	Mean; DS	1,24 mm; 0,29	0,92 mm; 0,2	0,7 mm***; 0,2	Absent
Labial side diameter cross section	Mean; DS	0,42 mm; 0,18	0,56 mm; 0,19	0,4 mm**; 0,3	0,5 mm**; 0,3
Labial side diameter axial section	Mean; DS	0,65 mm; 0,20	0,58 mm; 0,18	Absent	Absent
Length of canals	Mean; DS	6,35 mm; 2,28	4,38 mm; 1,43	6,8 mm**; 2,3	6,1 mm**; 2,6

*S1 indicates the superior genial spinal foramina and S2 denotes the inferior genial spinal foramina.
**From lingual foramina on the mandibular midline revisited: a macroanatomical study; Liang et al. [4].
***From macroanatomic and radiologic characteristics of the superior genial spinal foramen and its bony canal; Vandewalle et al. [5].