Rare Anatomic Variations: Agenesis of Left Mental Foramen Coexisting with Two Right Mental Foramina

Dimitar Yovchev; Hristina Mihaylova; Janet Kirilova; Elitsa Deliverska

doi:10.5272/jimab.2024303.5645

Journal of IMAB
Publisher: Peytchinski Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1312-773X (Online)
Issue: 2024, vol. 30, issue3
Subject Area: Dental Medicine
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DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2024303.5645
Published online: 16 July 2024

Case report
J of IMAB. 2024 Jul-Sep;30(3):5645-5647
RARE ANATOMIC VARIATIONS: AGENESIS OF LEFT MENTAL FORAMEN COEXISTING WITH TWO RIGHT MENTAL FORAMINA
Dimitar Yovchev¹ , Hristina Mihaylova¹, Janet Kirilova², Elitsa Deliverska³,
1) Department of Imaging and Oral Diagnostics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2) Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
3) Department of Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.

ABSTRACT:
Knowledge about the proximity of important anatomical structures is crucial for all surgical interventions, including those in the lower jaw region.
One of these important structures is the mental foramen, which transmits the mental nerve, whose branches provide sensory innervation to the chin, lower lip, and gingiva.
The mental foramen variations can influence the effectiveness of the mental nerve anesthesia and can also be related to complications during surgical procedures such as implant placement, apicoectomy, vestibuloplasty, etc.
We present a very rare case of agenesis of left mental foramen coexisting with two right mental foramina incidentally found in a patient examined by cone-beam computed tomography.

Keywords: Mental foramen, Accessory mental foramen, Agenesis, Cone-beam computed tomography, Mandible, Surgery,

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Please cite this article as: Yovchev D, Mihaylova H, Kirilova J, Deliverska E. Rare Anatomic Variations: Agenesis of Left Mental Foramen Coexisting with Two Right Mental Foramina. J of IMAB. 2024 Jul-Sep;30(3):5645-5647. [Crossref - 10.5272/jimab.2024303.5645]

Correspondence to: Dimitar Yovchev, Department of Imaging and Oral Diagnostics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Medical University, Sofia; 1, Sveti Georgi Sofiyski Str., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria; E-mail: dimitarryovchev@gmail.com

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Received: 15 March 2024
Published online: 16 July 2024

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