Association between the Anatomy of the Mandibular Canal and Facial Types: A Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Analysis

Figure 3

Schematic drawing presented by Greenstein and Tarnow [10]: Type A—schematic drawing illustration: 1, mental foramen outflow; 2, the course of the mandibular canal; 3, anterior loop. Type B—schematic drawing illustration: 1, mental foramen outflow; 2, the course of the mandibular canal; 3, incisive canal without anterior loop. Type C—schematic drawing illustration: 1, mental foramen outflow; 2, the course of the mandibular canal; 3, anterior loop; 4, incisive canal.

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