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Table of Content - Volume 19 Issue 2 - August 2021


 

Morphological and morphometrical study of mental foramen in dry adult human mandible and its clinical relevance

 

Saravana Kumar S1*, Gnanavel A2, Lalitha R3, Maheswari K4

 

1Assistant Professor, 2,3Associate Professor, 4Professor & HOD, Department of Anatomy, Meenakshi, Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kancheepuram, INDIA.

Email: saraanatomy@gmail.com

 

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