Abstract
Accurate investigation of the position of the mandibular foramen is important in anatomical and clinical studies, and there are a number of reports about such measurements.
In this study,140 Indian dry skulls, whose dental stages ranged from the stage before deciduous occlusion to the later phase of third molar eruption, were reproduced and the position of the mandibular foramen was measured using laser beams and three-direction photography.
The position of the mandibular foramen was defined by the tip of the lingula mandibulae.
