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Posterior Prosthetic Teeth Size Selection for Edentulous Egyptian Patients: A Radiographic Assessment
Purpose:
The aim of this study was to correlate the location of the mental foramen and overlying teeth and apply these observations to posterior prosthetic teeth selection in a group of Egyptian edentulous patients.
Materials And Methods:
Retrospective cone beam computed tomography data from 40 dentate and 40 edentulous patients scanned with radiopaque denture duplicates were compared in relation to mental foramen position.
Results:
The probability of locating the mental foramen opposite the first premolar was higher in dentate patients, while finding it opposite the first molar was higher in edentulous patients.
Conclusion:
Selected posterior teeth size for the selected Egyptian edentulous patients might be slightly smaller than for dentate patients.
