| The Study of Mental Foramen on Panoramic Radiograph Contributor(s): Chaurasia, Akhilanand (Author), Balan, Anita (Author), Patil, Ranjitkumar (Author) |
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ISBN: 3659641758 ISBN-13: 9783659641756 Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $51.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Dentistry - General |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 6" W x 9" (0.37 lbs) 108 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Panoramic radiographs owing to their advantages are widely used in dentistry prior to various dental and maxillofacial procedures. Mental foramen is more often seen on panoramic radiographs because of wider field of view, continuity of the visualized area, ability to follow the course of the inferior alveolar and the mental canal till the mental foramen and aids in its localization.From the mathematical equations derived by linear regression analysis the age of a subject can be predicted with high sensitivity. However due to ethnic, racial, geographical, genetic and environmental factors vertical positions of mental foramen varies from population to population. |