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1Dr. Hab., Prof., Division of Anatomy, Faculty of Dental Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8, Eroilor Sanitari Blvd., 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Background:
The mandibular incisive foramen (MIF) is an opening on the external surface of the dentate mandibular body, medial to, and facing the mental foramen (MF). There is actually scarce evidence of such MIF.
Clinical Presentation:
A retrospective Cone Beam CT (CBCT) study of the archived files of a 56 y.o. male patient was documented anatomically for dental medical purposes. In the 2nd premolar region of the left hemimandible were found two adjacent foramina facing one each other: the distal one was opened medially, while the medial one was oriented distally. On axial CBCT slices the mandibular canal was detected to open at the distal foramen in the outer cortical plate of the mandible. The medial foramen in that cortical plate served as entrance to the mandibular incisive canal, thus being a MIF.
Conclusion:
CBCT accurately distinguishes the canals opening on the outer cortical plate of the mandible thus is of use to differentiate a MIF from a MF. Such adjacent foramina expose at risk not just the mental nerve, as in cases with true multiple MF, but also the IAN and the mandibular incisive nerve.
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