The human skull has many components. In fact, in an average adult human, the skull combines 22 bones. One of these bones is the mandible, more commonly known as the lower jaw. Recognized as one ...

The inferior alveolar nerve, a branch of the mandibular nerve, accesses the mandible foramen and runs frontward, providing sensation to the lower set of teeth. At the mental foramen, it branches ...

These two processes are responsible for the articulation of the mandible with the temporal bone and the insertion site of the temporalis muscle, respectively. The cause of mandibular fractures may ...

A mandibular advancement device (MAD ... It works by temporarily moving the jaw and tongue forward, which reduces throat constriction and prevents sleep apnea and snoring. Moving the tongue ...

“The Invisalign System with mandibular advancement featuring occlusal blocks provides the ideal block engagement that helps hold the mandible in the proper position for patients that also have ...

Each reduced mandible design was divided to create 3-D templates for six fracture sites. Sessions were conducted in which the mandibular fracture plates were contoured in a preoperative setting ...

A team of scientists has examined the Middle Pleistocene Montmaurin-La Niche mandible, which reveals the complexity of the origin of the Neanderthals. A team of scientists from the Centro Nacional ...

The coronoid foramen in the jaw was first found in a 43-year-old male and it’s said to be the first such finding in a live patient. Subsequently, the presence of this foramen has been validated ...