title: Altered position of the medial lingual nutritional foramina at different stages of alveolar ridge atrophy.
abstract: To determine the altered location of the medial lingual nutritional foramina in different stages of bone resorption, 55 cadaveric mandibles were selected for this study from a total of 1532. Prevalence, location of the foramen (lingual, cranial, labial), application of Atwood classification (grades 1-6), and macroanatomic dissections were tools of this examination. An increasing grade of atrophy leads to a shift in position of the medial lingual nutritional foramen.
authors: 1  Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, and Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Germany.
authors: Nora Valerie
authors: NV
authors: Lautner
authors: Erwin
authors: E
authors: Bernauer
authors: Christian
authors: C
authors: Krenkel
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Gaggl
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000473:pathology*; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000098:blood supply; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002102:Cadaver; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000098:blood supply*; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000473:pathology*