Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2019, Volume : 10, Issue : 1
First page : ( 764) Last page : ( 767)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00151.7

Anterior Loop Presence and Extension Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

Dhumad Osamah Shanta^1,*, Saliem Saif S.¹

¹Collage of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Iraq

*Corresponding author: Osamah Shanta Dhumad Collage of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Iraq; E-mail: podo92001.os@gmail.com

Online published on 21 February, 2019.

Abstract

Mental foramen and anterior loop are considered to be essential anatomical landmarks for implant placement, the facilitation of giving local anesthesia, making incisions, performing peri-apical surgeries and can be misleading with pathological conditions and other lesions in the lower 1^st molar to the lower canine area of the mandible. The aim is to study presence and extension of the anterior loop using cone-beam computed tomography. 90 individuals were divided into gender groups (45 males and 45 females) and then each gender group subdivide in to three age groups: 1^st group (20–30), 2^nd group (30–40) and the 3^rd group (40–50) using cone-beam computed tomography. Anterior loop has been found in the right side in 31 individuals out of 90 and 34 in the left side with 3.10 mean extension in right side and 3.90 mean extension in the left side, In our study the incidence of the anterior loop in females (34) 37.7% is slightly higher than males (31) 34.4%. Anterior loop can be found up to 30% in patients and its presences and extension decreases with age.

Top

Keywords

Anterior loop, cone-beam computed tomography.

Top