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Absence of the mental foramen in dry human mandibles

1979; Karger Publishers; Volume: 104; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1159/000145083

1422-6405

V. De Freitas, Miguel Madeira, Joäo Lopes Toledo Filho, Carlos Chagas,

Facial Trauma and Fracture Management

The absence of the mental foramen was investigated in 1,435 dry human mandibles (2,870 sides). The foramen was absent twice in the right side (0.06%) and once in the left side (0.03%). The meaning of this anatomical variation was commented.