ANATOMİK BİR VARYASYON: AKSESUAR MENTAL FORAMEN

Year 2011, Volume: 45 Issue: 2, 65 - 68, 29.11.2011

Hüseyin Balcıoğlu Taha Köse Nurullah Keklikoğlu Hakan Tuna Tamer L. Erdem İlknur Özcan

Abstract

Aksesuar mental foramen nadir görülen bir anatomik varyasyondur. Bulunma sıklığı çeşitli ırklarda farklılık göstermekle
beraber, literatüre göre %1.4 ile %12.5 arasında değişmektedir. 6 yaşında erkek hastanın 3D BTsinde sağ mental foramenin
anteriorunda, asıl mental foramene göre daha küçük ve süt kaninin kökünün mesiali hizasında, alveol kretin tepesine daha
yakın olmak üzere konumlanmış bir aksesuar mental foramen tespit edildi. Dişhekimliği kliniklerinde teşhis ve tedavi
prosedürlerinde, özellikle implant yerleştirilmesi gibi maksillofasiyal cerrahi uygulamalarında, pre-intra-postoperatif başarı
açısından olası mental foramenin tespiti ve korunması son derece önemlidir.

Keywords

Mental Foramen, Aksesuar Mental Foramen, 3 Boyutlu BT, Mandibula

AN ANATOMICAL VARIATION: ACCESSORY MENTAL FORAMEN

Abstract

Accessory mental foramen is a rare anatomical variation. Prevalence may alter in different ethnicities, and ranges between
1.4% and 12.5% according to the literature. An accessory mental foramen smaller than the primary mental foramen, localized
mesially and nearer to the tip of the alveolar crest than the primary foramen was seen under the decidious canine’s root in a
6-year-old male’s 3D-CT images. During diagnostic and treatment procedures particularly the maxillofacial surgery practises
such as implant placement, it has a vital importance to localize and protect the mental foramen for pre-intra and postoperative
success in dental clinics. 

Keywords

Mental Foramen, Accessory Mental Foramen, 3D CT, Mandibula

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