PurposeThis study was performed to determine the position of the mental foramen relative to the apices of the teeth based on panoramic radiographs in a Moroccan population. We also analyzed gender differences and the symmetry of location within individuals.Materials and MethodsSeven hundred ninety-four panoramic radiographs were evaluated with regard to the location and symmetry of the mental foramina in male and female subjects. The results were analyzed using Pearson's χ2 and Fisher's exact test.ResultsOf the 794 panoramic radiographs, 377 met the inclusion criteria for at least one side. The mental foramen was located just below the apex of the second premolar in 62.7% of the patients and between the first and second premolars in 30%. It was symmetrically located in 79%. No statistically significant differences were found between males and females in the position and symmetry of the mental foramen.ConclusionThe most common position for the mental foramen in this sample was in line with the second premolar.

Aim: The purpose of this paper is to present a case involving the surgical management of a cutaneous sinus tract and a literature review.

Nerve injury after the extraction of the mandibular third molar is a serious complication. The technique of coronectomy can be proposed to minimize the risk.

Mucosal lesions related to the wearing of a poorly adapted are frequent. Chronic irritations with sharp or excessive edge lead to hyperplasique reaction. Epulisfissuratum represents 15% of benign tumor of the jaws, is a pseudotumor growth located over the soft tissues of the vestibular sulcus caused by poorly adapted dentures. Treatment indication for these lesions is surgical excision with appropriate prosthetic reconstruction.This article exposes through a clinical case, the interest of a temporary denture followed by a surgical treatment, in healing the massive growth of vestibular oral mucosa in the mandible and maxilla associated with ill-fitting dentures. Prosthetic rehabilitation and function were achieved with the fabrication of new maxillary and mandibular complete dentures.