2016 Volume 25 Issue 4 Pages 365-370
The aim of this study was to determine the most accurate position of the mental foramen in a sample of Bangladeshi dental patients. A retrospective study was performed using panoramic radiograph of 5923 patients, who ranged in age from 14 to 50 years old. All radiographs were obtained and analyzed for the most accurate position of the mental foramen by Planmeca Romexis® 3.0 software (Planmeca Oy, Helsinki, Finland). Pearson chi-square test was employed. The most common horizontal and vertical position of the mental foramen was in the line of long axis of 2nd premolar (P4- 58.4%) and below the root apex level (LC- 71.3%) respectively. Knowledge from this article could help the clinicians for safe surgeries and anthropologists to predict the position of the mental foramen to be symmetrical and in the line of long axis of 2nd premolar teeth below the root apex level.
