The assesment of relationship between the angulation of impacted mandibular third molar teeth and the thickness of lingual bone: A prospective clinical study.

Background: Our purpose was to investigate the relationship between the angulation of mandibular third molars and the thickness of the lingual bone, which can affect the risk of lingual nerve damage during lower third molars surgical extraction.

Material And Methods: This study consisted of 104 patients (42 males and 62 females), aged between 18-42 years (24.67 ± 6.