title: Panoramic radiographic study of mental foramen locations in Saudi Arabians.
abstract: A panoramic radiographic study was carried out on 404 dentate Saudi Arabians, to locate positions of the mental foramen. Results show that 83.7% of the mental foramen locations occurred in the interdental space between the mandibular premolars and apical to the mandibular second premolar. 9.35% occurred posterior to the mandibular second premolar, and 6.95% occurred apical/anterior to the mandibular first premolar. In female Saudis, the most common location of the mental foramen was apical to the mandibular second premolar (45.9%), while the most common location in male Saudis was the interdental space between the mandibular premolars (45.5%). Asymmetry of the mental foramen location, which was observed in 15.6% of the cases, was observed more often in males (17.9%) than in females (12.3%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: al-Khateeb
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Odukoya
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: el-Hadidy
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002680:Chin; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D012727:Sex Characteristics