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The objective of this research is to evaluate the anterior loop length of the inferior alveolar nerve with panoramic radiography in Mongolian women. n the research, panoramic radiography of patients from 2011.09.10 to 2012.05.10 were selected with certain criteria from the archive of the School of Dentistry, Health sciences university of Mongolia. A total of 126 patients’ panoramic radiography were selected who were above 16 years of age, and were measured in I-VIEW 2D program into 5 age group categorization. rom the focus group data, the age group of 16 to 19 years of age had the longest anterior loop length of the inferior alveolar nerve of 6.64mm, and the mental canal is directed towards to the posterosuperior by 105 (43.2%).
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BACKGROUNDPurpose of this study was to investigate the most common position of the mental foramen in a selected Mongolian population. The study sample included two hundred and twenty two panoramic radiographs of selected Mongolian population taken in School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Mongolia.RESULTSThe patients’ age ranged from 16 to 66 years, with a mean age of 27.4 years. The most common position of the mental foramen was in line with the second premolar (58.8%). Ethnic and gender differences were also investigated and the symmetry of location within individuals analyzed. In 30.2%, it was between the first and second premolar, and in 2.5%, it was below the first premolar. It is important to know the position of the mental foramen for the placement of osseointegrated implants in the mandibular premolar region.CONCLUSIONClinicians and anthropologists should expect to find the position of the mental foramen to be symmetrical and in line with the second premolar teeth.