Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 12

An Anatomical Study on Position of Mandibular Foramen in Dry Adult Human Mandibles

  • Author:
  • Govindarajan Sumathy1, Bhaskaran Sathyapriya2,, Balasubramanian Chandrakala3, Ramachandran Tamilsevi4
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 907 to 911

1Prof. & HOD, Department of Anatomy, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

2Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

3Senior Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

4Reader, Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

*Corresponding Author: Bhaskaran Sathyapriya, Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education, Chennai

Online published on 31 March, 2020.

Abstract

In dentistry field the inferior alveolar block technique is most common. The aim of this paper is to summaries the knowledge about the anatomy of the mandible and with the localization of anteroposterior and superoinferior position of the mandibular foramen in adult mandible and also to emphasize the most significant clinical suggestion of the current studies regarding anesthesia carried out in the area of the mandible.

Keywords

Mandible, human anatomy, inferior alveolar nerve block, mandibular foramen