Accessory neurovascular foramina on the lingual surface of mandible: incidence, topography, and clinical implications.

Context: It was suggested that the accessory neurovascular foramina of the mandible might be of significance in relation to the effectiveness of local anesthesia following the routine inferior alveolar nerve block.

Aims: To investigate the incidence of neurovascular foramina over the lingual surface of the mandible in South Indian population.

Settings And Design: The study was conducted at the department of anatomy.

Morphological investigation of cranial sutures in Indian human adult skulls.

Objectives: The goal of the study was to evaluate the gross morphology of the coronal, sagittal and lambdoid sutures in human adult dried skulls and to determine if any difference exists in terms of patency.

Materials And Methods: The study included 78 human dry skulls of Indian population. The coronal, sagittal and lambdoid sutures were analyzed using the modified grading scale (Sabini RC and Elkowitz DE, 2006) for quantifying the sutural patency.