TY - JOUR AU - Lakshman, Anusha Rangare AU - Kannepady, Kishor AU - Kalkur, Chaithra PY - 2014/09/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Mental foramen mimicking as periapical pathology - A case report JF - Journal of Health Sciences JA - JHSCI VL - 4 IS - 2 SE - Case reports DO - 10.17532/jhsci.2014.173 UR - https://www.jhsci.ba/ojs/index.php/jhsci/article/view/149 SP - 126-129 AB - <p>The radiographic recognition of any disease requires a thorough knowledge of the radiographic appearance of normal structure. Intelligent diagnosis mandates an appreciation of the wide range of variation in the appearance of normal anatomical structures. The mental foramen is usually the anterior limit of the inferior dental canal that is apparent on radiographs. It opens on the facial aspect of the mandible in the region of the premolars. It can pose diagnostic dilemma radiographically because of its anatomical variation which can mimic as a periapical pathosis. Hereby we are reporting a rare case of superimposed mental foramen over the apex of right mandibular second premolar mimicking as periapical pathology.</p> ER -