Direction of the mental canal in human mandibles |
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| Authors: | V. De Freitas M. C. Madeira C. T. Pinto and N. L. Zorzetto |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Morphology, FCMBB, Sao Paulo;Department of Morphology, Dental School, Aracatuba, Sao Paulo;Department of Morphology, FCMBB, Sao Paulo;Department of Morphology, Dental School University of Sao Paulo, Bauru |
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The direction of the mental canal was calculated in the horizontal and vertical planes with a view to aiding anaesthetic techniques. Based on our data, it is advisable to give the following approximate inclinations to the needle when penetrating the mental canal in anaesthetic procedures: 55 degrees postero-anteriorly in relation to a horizontal plane and 40 degrees latero-medially in relation to a horizontal line tangent to the body of the mandible at the level of the mental foramen. |
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