Mental Foramen

Mental Foramen

“What is the mental foramen? A detailed question and answers guide”

Question 1. Genial tubercle.
Answer:

Genial Tubercle:-

• It can be seen over the internal surface of the mandible.
• The median line of the mandible is marked by a slight vertical depression.
• Immediately below it, the bone is roughened by eminences called genial tubercles.
• These are four small elevations, superior, and inferior genial tubercles.

Attachment:

• Upper genital tubercle- gives origin to the genioglossus, muscle.
• Lower genital tubercle – gives origin to the geniohyoid muscle.

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Question 2. Mental foramen.
Answer:

Mental Foramen:-

• It is the opening of the anterior end of the mandibular canal.

Location:

• Midway between the superior and inferior border of the body of the mandible.
• Below premolar root apex.
• Or between 1st and 2nd premolar.
• Near the crest of the alveolar border – after bone resorption.
• Below first primary molar – in the child’s mandible.

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Structures passing through it:

• Mental nerve and vessels.