Assessment of Accessory Canals and Foramina in the Mandibular Arch Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography and a New Classification for Mandibular Accessory Canals

Table 2

Distribution of the presence of accessory canals in the body of the mandible.

Accessory canals	Anterior canals							Posterior canals		Total
	Lingual canals					Labial canals
	Medial canals			Lateral canals				Right	Left
	SGTC	IGTC	Median lingual	Right	Left	Right	Left
No. (%)	15 (6)	65 (27)	50 (21)	35 (14)	19 (8)	12 (5)	20 (8)	10 (4)	17 (7)	243 (100)
Combined no. (%)	130 (54)			54 (22)		32 (13)		27 (11)

SGT: superior to genial tubercles; IGT: inferior to genial tubercles.