?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+location+of+the+mental+foramen+in+a+selected+Malay+population&rft.creator=Ngeow%2C+Dr.+W.C.&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Knowledge+of+the+position+of+the+mental+foramen+is+important+both+when+administering+regional+anesthesia+and+performing+periapical+surgery+in+the+mental+region+of+the+mandible.+This+study+determines+the+position+of+the+mental+foramen+in+a+selected+Malay+population.+One+hundred+and+sixty+nine+panoramic+radiographs+of+Malay+patients+retrieved+from+a+minor+oral+surgery+waiting+list+were+selected+to+identify+the+normal+range+for+the+position+of+the+mental+foramen.+The+foramen+was+not+included+in+the+study+if+there+was+any+mandibular+tooth+missing+between+the+lower+left+and+right+first+molars+(36-46).+The+findings+indicated+the+most+common+position+for+the+mental+foramen+was+in+line+with+the+longitudinal+axis+of+the+second+premolar+(69.2)+followed+by+a+location+between+the+first+and+second+premolar+(19.6).+The+right+and+left+foramina+were+bilaterally+symmetrical+in+three+of+six+recorded+positions+in+67.7+patients.+The+mental+foramen+was+most+often+in+line+with+the+second+premolar.&rft.publisher=Blackwell+Publishing&rft.date=2003-09&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8181%2F1%2FThe%2520Location%2520Of%2520The%2520Mental%2520Foramen%2520In%2520A%2520Selected%2520Malay%2520Population.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ngeow%2C+Dr.+W.C.++(2003)+The+location+of+the+mental+foramen+in+a+selected+Malay+population.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8181%2F