Determinación anatómica del conducto mandibular en población adulta

Abstract

The present study supports the anatomical determination of the mandibular canal in adults of the

Surgery Clinic ofthe Faculty of Dentistry ofthe University of Cuenca, this study has big importan- ce considering the location of the Canal in the performance of some surgical procedures such as

collocation of dental ¡mplants, osteotomies, osteogenic distraction and the reduction of fractures and complicated extractions avoiding injuries to the mandibular nerve. The objective of the present study is to determine the location of the mandibular canal in relation

to structures of importance in adults of the surgery clinic of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Univer- sity of Cuenca.

The study’s sample was 50 adults of the Clinical Surgery of University of Cuenca. Patients were ¡n age of 18 to 35 years who meet the inclusión criteria. The study used the Cone Beam system. In the results, in the man the dental apex closest to the mandibular duct was of the molar 4.8, as in the woman, with respect to the posterior edge of the branch in men was a distance of 18,196 mm and in the woman of 16,177 mm.

In the literatura is well documented the injury to the inferior dental nerve by the proximity of the ápices of the third molars with this nerve, in this study is coincided with this, since the ápices of the third molars are the closest to the inferior dental nerve.