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May 29, 2017Folia MorphologicaOpen Access

The position of the mental foramen in dentate and edentulous mandibles: clinical and surgical relevance

A. Charalampakis G. Kourkoumelis Ch. Psari Vasilios Antoniou Maria Piagkou Theano Demesticha Evangelos Kotsiomitis Theodore Troupis

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Abstract

The MF is an important landmark and its location needs to be considered prior to dental implants placement in order to avoid the MN injury and related complications. The position of MF is altered in edentulous mandibles compared with the dentate ones. The MF is a symmetric structure in Greeks.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9c52e2a25b240b7a3daa0 https://doi.org/10.5603/fm.a2017.0042

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