Research Article
Occurrence of the Retromolar Foramen in Dry Mandibles of South-Eastern Part of India: A Morphological Study with Review of the Literature
Table 2
Distance of RMF from 3rd molar socket, anterior border of the ramus, and lingula, respectively.
| Mandible number | Side examined | Distance between the retromolar foramen and | 3rd molar socket (mm) | Ant. border of ramus (mm) | Lingula (mm) |
| 9 | Right | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26 | Left | 7 | 10 | 6 | 32 | Right | 8 | 3 | 6 | 48 | Left | 11 | 3 | 6 | 51 | Left | 6 | 4 | 2 | 58 | Right | 8 | 8 | 2 | 58 | Left | 4 | 5 | 3 | 64 | Right | 6 | 11 | 4 | 72 | Right | 4 | 9 | 2 | 80 | Right | 8 | 9 | 5 | 88 | Right | 5 | 8 | 6 | 88 | Left | 5 | 9 | 4 | 91 | Right | 6 | 4 | 3 | 91 | Left | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Mean ± SD | 6.21 ± 2.01 | 6.57 ± 2.82 | 4.43 ± 1.87 |
| Min–Max | 4–11 | 3–11 | 2–8 |
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