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Anterior Mandible

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The anterior mandible includes the area between the mental foramina and the chin. It is frequently utilized for implant placement or harvesting of autogenous block grafts. Both interventions carry the risk of perforation of the lingual bone cortex with subsequent hemorrhage that is often difficult to control. Therefore, knowledge of the dimensions of the bone or of the presence of a sublingual undercut is important for treatment planning and implant insertion.

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  1. University of Bern School of Dental Medicine Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology, Bern, Switzerland

    Thomas von Arx

  2. Department of Anatomy Biochemistry & Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

    Scott Lozanoff

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von Arx, T., Lozanoff, S. (2017). Anterior Mandible. In: Clinical Oral Anatomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41993-0_20

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