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Shapes of the Lingular in Dry Adult Indigenous Nigerian Mandibles
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To note the different shapes of lingual that occurs in Nigeria mandibles.
DESIGN: Observational study of the shapes of lingual in 50 (fifty) dry adult Nigerian Mandibles.
SETTING: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt.
RESULT: Three types of lingulae were identified as triangular (49%), truncated (31%) and assimilated (20%.) The Nodular type of lingual was not seen in Nigerian mandibles. Each of the types of lingual appeared either bilaterally or unilaterally in one mandible.
MAIN OUTCOME: The three types of lingual identified in this study dare in agreement with what occurs in many other populations. The absence of the nodular type in Nigeria is also in agreement with results gotten in some other populations.
CONCLUSION: Three types of lingulae; triangular, truncated and assimilated exist in Nigerian mandibles. The lingual is clinically important as a landmark to Dentists and Orthopedic Surgeons who wish to desensitize the inferior alveolar nerves. It could be that the nodular type of lingulae had disappeared in Nigerian angle to the growing literature on non-material variants of the skull
Nigerian Journal of Orthopaedics and Trauma Vol.3(2) 2004: 128-133
DESIGN: Observational study of the shapes of lingual in 50 (fifty) dry adult Nigerian Mandibles.
SETTING: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt.
RESULT: Three types of lingulae were identified as triangular (49%), truncated (31%) and assimilated (20%.) The Nodular type of lingual was not seen in Nigerian mandibles. Each of the types of lingual appeared either bilaterally or unilaterally in one mandible.
MAIN OUTCOME: The three types of lingual identified in this study dare in agreement with what occurs in many other populations. The absence of the nodular type in Nigeria is also in agreement with results gotten in some other populations.
CONCLUSION: Three types of lingulae; triangular, truncated and assimilated exist in Nigerian mandibles. The lingual is clinically important as a landmark to Dentists and Orthopedic Surgeons who wish to desensitize the inferior alveolar nerves. It could be that the nodular type of lingulae had disappeared in Nigerian angle to the growing literature on non-material variants of the skull
Nigerian Journal of Orthopaedics and Trauma Vol.3(2) 2004: 128-133
