Location, shape and anatomic relations of the mandibular foramen and the mandibular lingula: a contribution to surgical procedures in the ramus of the mandible

The purpose of this study was to obtain morphological parameters of the mandibular foramen (MF) and the mandibular lingula (ML) as well as to use biometric data to locate these structures in the medial aspect of the mandibular ramus and to measure the angle that the inferior alveolar sulcus makes with the posterior margin of the ramus.