Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
The mandible is the only movable bone of skull. It consists of a horizontal horse‐shoe shaped body and two broad and oblong rami. The medial surface of the ramus presents the mandibular foramen, through which the inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle passes. The anterior part of the ramus can be used as donor site for reconstruction of small bone defects in the oral and maxillofacial region. A relatively short mandibular ramus may be an important unfavourable anatomical factor in difficult laryngoscopy. Therefore, the present study was done to determine and analyse the metric parameters of ramus of mandible. It was done on 40 adult human mandibles selected from the Department of Anatomy. The condylar height, notch height, minimum ramus breadth of both sides were measured using digital vernier calliper and analysed. It was performed using the paired ‘t’‐test, p‐value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. The mean condylar height was 60.27 mm. The mean notch height was 44.63 mm. The mean minimum ramus breadth was 31.56 mm. The dimensions of the mandibular ramus in the present study showed bilateral symmetry. The present study may prove to be very useful in anatomical, anthropological, forensic, anesthetic domain and also in plastic and maxillofacial surgeries.
How to cite this article:
Arpan Dubey, Pankaj Mahawar, Ameet Julka and Aprajita Awasthi. An Anatomical Study of Metric Parameters of Ramus of Mandible.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2024.4.313.316
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