A Morphometric Study of the Mandibular Foramen, Lingula, and the Incidence of Accessory Mandibular Foramina in Dry Mandibles

The present study will help in assessing the precise location of MF, shapes of lingula, and incidence of accessory MFs, which will aid maxillofacial surgeons and oncologists in improving surgical outcomes by reducing failure of inferior alveolar nerve block. The findings for the laterality-wise location of MF were not statistically significant in the current study. For the exact localization of MF in the North Indian population, one additional criterion, i.e., distance from MF to the tip of CP, was taken in the present study.