Morphological Study of the Lingula in Adult Human Mandibles of Brazilians Individuals and Clinical Implications

Table 4

Mean values (in millimeters) for height and the following measurements: mandibular notch to lingula (MN-L); anterior margin of ramus of mandible to lingula (A-L); posterior margin of ramus of mandible to lingula (P-L); mandibular base to lingula (MB-L) reported by other authors.

Authors	References	Population	Height	MN-L	A-L	P-L	MB-L
Monnazzi et al.	[2]	—	5.82	16.38	16.5	14.63	27.09; —
Kim et al.	[5]	Koreans	—	15.1	17.4	—	—
Sekerci and Sisman	[12]	Turkish	7^RF; 9.08^RM; 7.24^LF; 8.58^LM; 7.97	13.95^RF; 17.21^RM; 14.17^LF; 15.93^LM; 15.3	15.97^RF; 18.23^RM; 15.6^LF; 17.26^LM; 16.7	12.43^RF; 13.61^RM; 12^LF; 14.03^LM; 13	30.93^RF; 35.53^RM; 30.94^LF; 36.32^LM; —
Jansisyanont et al.	[13]	Thai	8^RM; 8.1^RF; 8.4^LM; 8.5^LF; 8.2	16.9^RM; 16^RF; 16.8^LM; 15.9^LF; 16.6	20.9^RM; 20.2^RF; 20.6^LM; 20.1^LF; 20.6	18.2^RM; 18.4^RF; 17.4^LM; 17.3^LF; 18	—; —; —; —
Gite and Padhye	[14]	Indian	—	16.2	—	—	—
Samanta and Kharb	[15]	North Indian	5.5	15.4	20	15	—
Woo et al.	[16]	Koreans	10.51	19.82	18.6	16.1	—
Shah et al.	[17]	Indian	—; —	18.19^L; 18.28^R	—; —	—; —	—; —
Nicholson	[18]	East Indian	8.6^R; 9.1^L	—; —	—; —	—; —	—; —
Viravudth and Plakornkul	[19]	Thai	8.7^R; 8.2^L	—; —	—; —	—; —	—; —

Unreported or with different measurement: (—); left: L; right: R; male: M; female: F; mean: .