She was referred by her family dentist because of a "bump" on the right posterior mandible, distal to tooth #30. The patient said that the lesion had been there for at least six months. The intraoral ...

The mandible’s primary function is to move the mouth, allowing it to open and close when needed, such as when a person needs to chew food.

Cone-beam CT (CBCT) can measure distances from the apices of selected posterior teeth to the mandibular canal as accurately as direct anatomic dissection, according to a study in the Journal of ...

Researchers have found in a new study that Full-zirconia implant-supported restorations with angulated screw channel abutments demonstrated a 97% survival rate over 5 years in posterior ...

A Man With Mandibular Changes, Tongue Enlargement, and Sleep Apnea Clinical Presentation. A 65-year-old white man with symptoms of acromegaly, including mandibular changes, tongue enlargement, and ...

Etiopathogenesis. The cause of mandibular fractures may vary depending on where in the world they occur. For instance, studies have shown, that in some countries, such as Japan, Jordan, Denmark ...