Posterior Prosthetic Teeth Size Selection for Edentulous Egyptian Patients: A Radiographic Assessment.
The aim of this study was to correlate the location of the mental foramen and overlying teeth and apply these observations to posterior prosthetic teeth selection in a group of Egyptian edentulous patients.



Retrospective cone beam computed tomography data from 40 dentate and 40 edentulous patients scanned with radiopaque denture duplicates were compared in relation to mental foramen position.



The probability of locating the mental foramen opposite the first premolar was higher in dentate patients, while finding it opposite the first molar was higher in edentulous patients.



Selected posterior teeth size for the selected Egyptian edentulous patients might be slightly smaller than for dentate patients.
Maha W
MW
Elkerdawy
Amr H
AH
Elkhadem
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D059925:Anatomic Landmarks; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D003779:Denture Design; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies