POLNI DIMORFIZAM POZICIJE FORAMENA MENTALE U POPULACIJI JUGOISTOČNE SRBIJE: CBCT STUDIJA

Antonije Stanković; Jelena Popović; Marija Daković-Bjelaković; Aleksandar Mitić; Nenad Stošić; Marija Nikolić

doi:10.5937/afmnai41-50260

Antonije Stanković University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5873-774X
Jelena Popović Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, Clinic of Dental Medicine Niš, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5558-1066
Marija Daković-Bjelaković Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1118-6114
Aleksandar Mitić Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, Clinic of Dental Medicine Niš, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9137-8441
Nenad Stošić Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, Clinic of Dental Medicine Niš, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4792-7375
Marija Nikolić Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics, Clinic of Dental Medicine Niš, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5202-7497

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/afmnai41-50260

Keywords: CBCT, foramen mentale, skeletal midline, base of mandible, sexual dimorphism

Abstract

Introduction: Knowing the precise position of the foramen mentale is of great clinical importance in dentistry, due to significant anatomical structures that pass through this foramen. The aim of this study was to examine the sexual dimorphism of the horizontal and vertical position of the mental foramen in relation to constant anatomical landmarks in the population of Southeast Serbia using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Materials and methods: 32 CBCT images of male and 34 CBCT images of female were used. The horizontal distance from the anterior border of the mental foramen to the skeletal middle line was measured, as well as the vertical distance from the anterior and inferior borders of the mental foramen to the tangential line, which touches the base of the mandible.

Results: Sexual dimorphism of horizontal position of foramen mentale was observed on the right side (t=3.69; p<0.001). When measuring the vertical position from the superior border of the foramen, sexual dimorphism was observed on both the left (t=4.31; p<0.001) and right sides (t=4.22; p<0.001). Similarly, when measured from the inferior border of the foramen, sexual dimorphism was evident on both the left (t=5.61; p<0.001) and right sides (t=4.01; p<0.001).

Conclusion: This observed sexual dimorphism of the mental foramen position can facilitate dental treatments and surgical interventions on the mandible, in patients of different genders.

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SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF THE MENTAL FORAMEN POSITION IN THE POPULATION OF SOUTHEAST SERBIA: A CBCT STUDY

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