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Applied Anatomy II: Mandibular Arch
Buccal ner
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alveolar artery
oid muscle
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ve
Bucinator
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Lingual nerve
Lingual vein and artery
Submandibular gland duct
Inferior
alveolar vein
Inferior
Figure3.4  Sagittal section of the floor of the mouth through the third molar. Source: Redrawn with changes from Andreasen
etal. (1997).
Inferior
Mylohyoid nerve
Mylohy
alveolar process (Figure3.4), in 10% it may lie over the lingual alveolar crest at the third molar and in one in 300 cases it may run above the soft retromolar tissue (Annex 3).
The lingual nerve passes very near the surface here, underneath the mucosa of the floor of the mouth and over the mylohyoid muscle (Figure3.4), separating off the bone toward the medial zone and running deeper as it progresses forward (Annex 3). This is a good area to block the lin­gual nerve.
Here it distributes branches to the submandibular gan­glion, a peripheral parasympathetic ganglion that receives fibers from the chorda tympani. Its course subsequently deepens, crossing medially beneath the submandibular or Wharton’s duct. It then rises medially (internally), entering the tongue where its branches communicate with the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII). It terminates at the sublingual gland, where it gives off its terminal branches.
Innervation
The lingual nerve supplies:
The fibromucosa (alveolar mucosa and gums), bone, and
periosteum of the lingual zone of the lower arch on the same side to the midline.
The fibromucosa of the floor of the mouth on the same
side to the midline.
The anterior two- thirds of the tongue to the midline.
The lingual nerve supplies some proprioception to the muscles of the tongue (Barker and Davies1972) and some gustatory perception to the anterior tongue (Malamed2004; Jastak etal.1995).
Remarks
At the lingula, the lingual nerve is multifascicular, with one to eight (mean = three) fascicles, although in 30% of cases it has only one, making it vulnerable to irreversible damage in the event of trauma caused by needle impact during the mandibular block procedure (Pogrel etal.2003). Moreover, in the retromolar and third molar zones it may adopt a ribbon- like shape with a diameter of 0.5 mm in less than 10% of cases according to some authors (Kiesselbach and Chamberlain 1984). Since, as noted, it courses adja­cent to the lingual alveolar process (Annex 3), it is vulner­able there also (given that the diameter of a 25 G needle is
0.5
mm).
Inferior Alveolar Nerve
Course
The inferior alveolar nerve, the largest of the three branches of the posterior division of the mandibular nerve, arises around 4–5
mm under the foramen ovale, descends along the pterygomandibular space between the internal surface of the lateral (external) pterygoid muscle and the interpt­erygoid aponeurosis, and courses obliquely (posteriorly­anteriorly, interiorly- exteriorly) from there parallel to but following a more posterior and external course than the lingual nerve. In this downward length it gives off the mylohyoid nerve (Figure3.2).
In its descent it converges with the internal surface of the ramus of the mandible as far as the mandibular foramen (Sicher1946; Barker and Davies 1972), through which it passes with the inferior alveolar artery (branch of the
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maxillary artery) and associated veins (tributaries of the pterygoid plexus; Archer and Zubrow 1954; Khoury etal.2010), which are usually located behind the inferior alveolar nerve (Murphy and Grundy 1969; Roda and Blanton1994). In this area, where its diameter is 2–3
mm (Annex 3), it gives an accessory branch for the wisdom tooth in 10–40% of cases just before or after entering the man­dibular canal (Sicher1946; Barker and Davies1972).
The inferior alveolar nerve runs across the body of the mandible through the mandibular canal, usually under the mandibular molar apexes, close to the mental foramen (normally located near the second premolar apex) where, around half the time, it courses further, forming a 2–3 mm long anterior loop (Annex 4) that takes an abrupt posterior and vestibular turn, rising until it abuts with the mental foramen. At this point it distributes two branches (Figure3.5).
1) The internal branch or mandibular incisive nerve pro-
ceeds in more 85% of cases from a forward­10–15
mm long mandibular incisive canal, coursing
running,
adjacent to the buccal surface of the mandible (Annex
4) and through the trabecular or medullary bone under the apexes of the anterior teeth (Mardinger etal.2000; Pires etal.2012; Apostolakis and Brown2013; Huang et al. 2013) to supply the mandibular first premolar, canine, and incisors on that side. In the few cases where there is no mandibular incisive canal, the mandibular incisive nerve forms a plexus in the trabecular or spongy bone to substitute for it, but in neither case does it cross the midline (Olivier1927; Sicher1946), site of the inter­mandibular cartilage in the embryo.
Mandibular
Figure3.5  Termination of the mandibular canal at the
mandibular incisive canal, mental foramen, and anterior loop.
Anterior
Mental
Mandibular
2) The external branch or mental nerve initially runs
upward and backward after exiting the mental foramen to then turn forward and form the labial plexus in the soft tissue mucosa, which does cross the midline (Figure19.9, Chapter19). It subsequently anastomoses with fibers from the other side, passing in some cases through foramina of the body of the mandible and at times innervating the pulp of the contralateral incisors (Starkie and Stewart1931; Rood1977).
Innervation
The inferior alveolar nerve supplies:
The molar and premolar pulp and periodontal ligament,
and via the mandibular incisive nerve, canines and incisors.
Interdental papillae as well as molar and premolar (and
via the mandibular incisive nerve, also canine and inci­sor) fibromucosa, bone, and periosteum.
Buccal, via the mental nerve; fibromucosa (alveolar
mucosa and attached gums), bone, and periosteum of the entire zone between the premolars and the lower central incisor, although this may vary depending on the area covered by the buccal nerve (Sutton 1974), with extremes ranging from the entire molar zone (10% of cases) to the canines and incisors only (1%) (Hendy and Robinson1994).
Tip of the chin and its skin, lower lip, likewise via the
mental nerve.
Remarks
When the mouth is closed the inferior alveolar nerve is folded and lies very medially (internally) in the ptery­gomandibular space, separated from the ramus of the man­dible. When the mouth is wide open, the nerve stretches and is positioned posteriorly, coursing adjacent to the internal surface of the ramus (Sicher1950) near the sulcus colli (Bremer1952; Via1953).
The inferior alveolar nerve comprises several fascicles whose composition tends to change along its course (Rood 1978a). Its myelinated fibers exhibit a node of Ranvier every 0.5–1.8 mm (Rood1977,1978b) and given that to anesthetize a nerve of these characteristics at least three such nodes must be blocked (Blair and Erlanger
1939), around 6 mm of the inferior alveolar nerve must be bathed in the anesthetic (Rood1977,1978b). The myelin sheathes around the axons of this nerve bear Schmidt– Lantermann clefts. These oblique inclusions communi­cate the axon with the exterior and afford the nerve greater elasticity when the mouth is wide open, facilitat­ing application of the anesthetic through the clefts (Heasman and Beynon1987).
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Since at the lingula the inferior alveolar nerve is multi­fascicular, with three to 14 fascicles (mean=7), it is less likely to be injured by needle trauma during mandibular block as it is highly unlikely that all the fascicles would be injured (Pogrel etal.2003).
Mylohyoid Nerve
Course
Motor fibers predominate in this mixed nerve. The mylohy­oid nerve branches from the inferior alveolar nerve around 15
mm (range 4–23 mm) before entering the mandibular foramen (Wilson etal.1984; Bennett and Townsend2001; Stein etal.2007) (Figure3.2). It runs against the ramus of the mandible in the mylohyoid groove, an osseous groove located beneath the mandibular foramen, crosses the sphe­nomandibular ligament and the medial (internal) ptery­goid muscle insertion to then enter the floor of the mouth or submandibular region (Archer and Zubrow 1954; Roberts and Harris 1973; Madeira et al. 1978). It passes under the mylohyoid muscle (Figure3.4), coursing along and adjacent to the internal surface of the body of the man­dible, just below the mylohyoid line, which in 15% of cases may form a canal for the mylohyoid nerve as the ligaments and periosteum that cover it ossify (Arensburgh and Nathan1979).
Innervation
The motor part of the nerve supplies the mylohyoid mus-
cle and the anterior belly of the digastric muscle.
The sensory fibers innervate the skin at the tip of the
chin (Roberts and Harris1973) and the dental pulp of molars, premolars, canines, and incisors (Novitzky1938; Sicher1946; Carter and Keen1971; Frommer etal.1972; Madeira et al. 1978; Chapnick 1980; Bennett and Townsend 2001), as well as the contralateral incisors (Madeira etal.1978).
Coronoid
process
Mental
Figure3.6  Predominant anatomical features on the external
surface of the mandible.
Coronoid process
Temporal crest
Coronoid nocht
Retromolar fossa
Retromolar trigone
Figure3.7  Predominant anatomical features on the internal
surface of the mandible.
Oblique line
Myloyoid line
Myloyoid
nocht
Condyle
C neck
Angle of mandibl
nocht
Condyle
Sulcus coll
Lingula
Mandibular foramen
Angle of mandible
Note: Exceptionally, the mylohyoid nerve may proceed from the inferior end of the lingual nerve (Jablonski etal.1985).
 Body ofthe Mandible
The mandible is the largest, strongest, and lowest facial bone. It is horseshoe- shaped, with a horizontally curved body (body of the mandible) flanked posteriorly by two ascending branches (rami of the mandible). The body of the mandible, also known as the horizontal ramus of the mandible, features several characteristics of interest here (Figures3.6 and3.7).
Cortical Bone Thickness
The teeth are housed in the alveolar part, on the upper border of the body of the mandible. The mandible or lower jaw is denser than the maxillary bone and, as shown in Table3.2, at the apex the cortical, as well as the spongy or medullary bone, is thicker, particularly in the posterior ves­tibule, due in part to the more lingual position of the molars (Denio et al. 1992). For that reason, mandibular block is required in pulpal anesthesia of the molars.
Buccal infiltration techniques can be used in the ante­rior mandible, which is less dense than the posterior bone. In contrast, the cortical bone is even thicker in the lingual region.
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Table3.2  Mean vestibular andlingual height (mm) ofcortical
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andmedullary bone over apexes ofmandibular teeth.
Buccal Lingual
Tooth Cortical Medullary Cortical Medullary
Incisors 1–2 2–3 3–4 2–3 Canines 1–2 3–5 2–3 4–5 Premolars 0–5 0.5–5 3.5 1–3 Molars 2–5 2–6 3–4 1–2
Source: From data published by Arens etal. (1984), Denio etal. (1992) and Gowgiel (1992).
Retromolar Zone (Trigone andFossa)
This zone has significant practical implications in light of the presence of accessory innervation, primarily in the dental pulp of the mandibular molars very likely due to: (i) the high frequency (45%, ranging from 12% to 92%) of mandibles with accessory foramina (Löfgren1957; Carter and Keen1971; Haveman and Tebo1976), the largest diam­eter foramina in the mandible (Haveman and Tebo1976), and the presence, confirmed by anatomic dissections and histological studies, of many nerve fibers (Schejtman etal.1967; Sutton1974; Singh1981); and (ii) the existence of dual (bifid) mandibular canals, here denominated retro­molar canals (Table3.3), detected with modern cone beam computed tomographic techniques in 15% of cases. The retromolar zone consists in two structures, the retromolar trigone and fossa (Figure3.8).
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emporal crest
Alveolar crest
Retromolar
fossa
Oblique line
Figure3.8  Retromolar trigone and fossa.
Retromolar tr
raphe or ligament, the reference point for direct or conven­tional mandibular block.
Retromolar Fossa
This depression, the insertion of the buccinator muscle, is lodged in the lateral (external)-
most part of the retromolar trigone. It is bounded medially (internally) by the alveo­lar crest.
Mandibular Canal
Retromolar Trigone
The retromolar trigone is a triangular depression located behind the wisdom teeth. It has no muscular insertions (Sicher1946) and is bounded laterally (externally) by the alveolar crest and medially (internally) by the temporal crest in the ramus of the mandible (Löfgren1957). Its inter­nal surface is the attachment of the pterygomandibular
Table3.3  Percentage ofretromolar (bifid) canals discovered withcone beam computerized tomography.
Reference No. of patients No. of hemimandibles No. of retromolar canals Percentage (%)
Naitoh etal. (2009) 122 244 29 12.0 Kuribayashi etal. (2010) 252 301 5 1.7 Naitoh etal. (2010) 28 56 3 5.4 Orhan etal. (2011) 242 484 78 16.1 Correr etal. (2013) 75 150 80 53.3 Kang etal. (2014) 1933 104 5.4
After entering the mandibular foramen the inferior alveo­lar vascular-
nerve package passes through this canal, also formerly known as the inferior dental canal, across the entire body of the mandible to the mental foramen (Figure3.9). The nerve lies in the center of the canal while the veins (Figure3.4) normally run along its ceiling and the artery courses lingually to the nerve (Pogrel etal.2009) or
Rounded mean 15%
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Figure3.9  Position of mandibular canal relative to the
posterior mandibular teeth.
Table3.4  Diameter ofmandibular canal.
Reference Diameter (mm)
DuBrul (1988) 4 Gowgiel (1992) 3 Ikeda etal. (1996) 3.4 Kilic etal. (2010) 2.5 Kuribayashi etal. (2010) 3.3 (2–4.6) Oliveira­Kang etal. (2014) 2.8 (1.5–4.3) Yu etal. (2015) 2.8 Koivisto etal. (2016) 3 Mean 3.1 Rounded mean 2–4 mm
Santos etal. (2012) 2–4
± 0.5 ± 0.8
± 0.5 (2.1–3.7)
superolingually (Lee etal. 2015). The canal is 2–4 mm in diameter (Table3.4), around 60 mm long (Liu etal.2009), and consists of a thin layer of condensed trabecular or spongy bone (Gowgiel 1992; Denio et al. 1992; Kilic etal.2010). Nonetheless, in around 25% of cases, the man­dibular canal is not clearly defined (Table3.5).
The mandibular canal passes under the apexes of the posterior teeth 95% of the time and over them in less than 5%, coursing vestibularly in 60% of cases (Littner
Table3.5  Percentage ofpoorly defined mandibular canals.
Reference Number Method Percentage (%)
Olivier (1927) 50 Dissection 40 Carter and Keen (1971) 92 X­Heasman (1988) 80 X­Denio etal. (1992) 22 Dissection 28
Rounded mean 25
rays 11 rays 25
etal.1986). It sometimes passes lingually to the first molars and exactly at the apex in less than 5% of cases (Littner etal.1986; Denio etal.1992).
The canal runs downward, gradually separating off the third, second, and first molar apexes. It turns slightly upward near the premolars (Littner et al. 1986; Denio etal.1992), coursing adjacent to the lingual surface of the cortical bone and then shooting abruptly upward and toward the vestibule and often backward toward the men­tal foramen (Gowgiel1992). Half of the time the backward bend forms the so- called (2–3 mm long) anterior loop, for­ward of the mental foramen (Annex 3) (Figure3.5).
In the anterior area, forward of the anterior loop and the mental foramen, the mandibular canal disappears, forming in over 85% of cases a mandibular incisive canal around 2 mm in diameter and 10–15 mm long (Annex 4), which tends to course adjacent to the vestibular cortical bone (Starkie and Stewart1931; Gowgiel1992; Annex 4), favoring infiltration-
mediated pulpal anesthesia in the
incisor–canine area.
Mental Foramen
The mandibular canal terminates at the mental foramen before becoming the mandibular incisive canal. The mental foramen is round or oval, normally with a diameter of 2–4 mm and in 70% of cases opening toward the rear (Annex 5).
In 95% of cases, its horizontal position relative to the mandibular teeth is above the zone of the second premolar apex (Figure3.10). The zone of the second premolar apex is defined here to start slightly anterior to the second premo­lar, between the first and second premolar, and end slightly posterior to the second premolar, between the second pre­molar and the mesial root of the first molar. Vertically, it is positioned 10–15
mm above the lower ridge of the mandi-
ble (Annex 5).
In 5% of cases, the mental foramen has accessory foram­ina, 25% of which are multiple (Annex 5). These accessory foramina are smaller than the main foramen and there is usually only one, although cases of up to three or four have been reported (Martani and Stefanini 1964; Kadanoff
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foramen relative to the apex of the second mandibular premolar.
et al. 1970; Gershenson et al. 1986; Askar et al. 2018). Mandibles lacking the mental foramen have exceptionally been observed (Annex 5).
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 Ramus ofthe Mandible
The ramus of the mandible was formerly also known as the ascending ramus of the mandible (Figures3.6 and3.7).
Divergent Angle
The divergent angle of the ramus of the mandible is formed by the line defining its axis (the most prominent anterior and posterior points of its margins) and the median (or mid­parallel to 27°, or very open (Simon and Kömives1938) (Figure3.11).
In around 90% of cases the angle ranges from 0° to 18°, providing access to the sulcus colli from the antagonist mandibular premolars in direct or conventional mandibu­lar block. In the 10% of cases with a very open angle (18–27°), the syringe must rest on a very posterior area, around the contralateral mandibular molars, to reach the sulcus colli when performing a mandibular block (Simon and Kömives1938).
Ramus Width
sagittal) plane. It varies from 0° or nearly
Figure3.11  Divergent angle of the ramus of the mandible.
Source: Simon and Kömives (1938).
Lingula
The lingula, formerly also known as the Spix spine, lies on the inner part of the ramus of the mandible forward of (Hayward et al. 1977) and 5–9 mm above (Bremer 1952; Harvey1970) the mandibular foramen (Figure3.12). The lin­gula gives attachment to the wide, thin sphenomandibular ligament that runs from the lingula upward and backward along the internal surface of the medial (internal) pterygoid muscle to the spine of the sphenoid (Angelman1945).
The height of the lingula relative to the occlusal plane varies. In nearly 100% of adults it lies on average around 5 mm above the plane (Table 3.7) (Bremer 1952). The height varies with age in children and is usually below the plane in the youngest (Via1953; Benham1976). The factor that conditions the vertical position of the lingula is the eruption of the permanent teeth: as the permanent denti­tion erupts, the lingula will gradually move above the occlusal plane (Table3.8).
The width helps determine the depth of the insertion of the needle to reach the sulcus colli, where the inferior alveolar nerve lies when the mouth is wide open for a direct man­dibular block. This anterior- posterior width ranges from 20 to 40 mm (Table3.6) with a mean of around 30 mm.
Mandibular Foramen
This is the foramen through which the inferior alveolar nerve and its vascular bundle enter the mandibular canal. It lies on the internal surface of the ramus of the mandible,
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Table3.6  Anterior–posterior width ofthe ramus ofthe
mandible.
Value Sample
Range
Reference
Simon and Kömives (1938)
Nevin and Putterbaugh (1949)
Bremer (1952) 33 24–43 100 — Harvey (1970) 30 24–43 316 UK
Kay (1974) 34 18–50 451 — Hayward etal.
(1977) Menke and
Gowgiel (1979)
Nicholson (1985) 30 22–37 80 India Hetson etal.
(1988) Ashkenazi etal.
(2011) Ashkenazi etal.
(2011) Sittitavornwong
etal. (2017)
(mm) Number Origin
30 20–44 750 Multi- ethnic
18–44 United States
31 — 34
30 107 Multi- ethnic
31 24–38 35 Europe and
30 23–37 317
30 21 Israel
32
32 27–38 28 United States
31.3 21.3–41.8 Mean 30 20–40 mm Rounded means
332 India 46 Multi- ethnic
Africa United States
(Bedouin)
38 Israel
(Bedouin)
Lingula
level
Occlusal plane
Mandib foramen
Figure3.12  Position of the lingula and mandibular foramen
relative to the mandibular occlusal plane.
Table3.7  Height oflingula relative toocclusal plane inadults
Bremer (1952)
Height (mm)
−3 0.25 2.5 1–5 63 91 6–10 31 6.5 11–20 5 0.1
Table3.8  Position oflingula over occlusal plane by age
Age (years) Number
n=399 (%)
Over occlusal
plane (%) Cause
Kay (1974) n=963 (%)
located anterior- posteriorly (from the oblique line to the posterior border) backward of mid- width (Via 1953; Benham1976; Hayward etal.1977; Menke and Gowgiel1979; Hetson etal.1988). In dry skulls it exhibits a wide, 8–10 mm (range 6–12
mm) diameter (Hayward etal.1977), although dimensions of around only 5 mm appear on (admittedly deformed) panoramic X- rays (Liu etal.2009).
As noted, the mandibular foramen lies backward of and under the lingula (Figure 3.12) and in around 75% of cases, and under the occlusal plane and above it in only 5% (Table3.9).
Sulcus colli
The sulcus colli or groove of the mandibular neck (Sicher1946) is a depression located in the distal third of
2.5–5 6 50 Stabilization primary teeth 5–9 11 80 Eruption first permanent
molar
9–11 24 100 Eruption first and second
premolars
>12 13 100 Eruption second
permanent molar
Source: From Benham (1976).
the internal surface of the ramus of the mandible (at times just barely visible) that descends obliquely forward toward the internal condylar neck to the mandibular foramen (Figure3.7).
While not included in anatomical terminology (FCAT1998), this anatomical structure is important for cli­nicians because in a wide open mouth the inferior alveolar nerve, which is targeted by the needle in direct or
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Table3.9  Position ofmandibular foramen relative toocclusal
plane.
Position relative to
occlusal plane
Below
Flush
Above
Reference Number Population
Lotric (1956) 200 Yugoslavia 82 13 5 Harvey (1970) 210 India 84 9 7 Harvey (1970) 158 Britan 70 24 6 Nicholson
(1985) Mwaniki and
Hassanali (1992) Palma etal.
(2020)
80 India 75 23 2
79 Kenia 65 31 5
82 Brazil 84 1 15
Means 76.7 16.7 6.7
Round means 75 20 5
(%)
(%)
(%)
conventional mandibular block, stretches and tends to run inside this groove (Bremer1952; Via1953).
Coronoid Notch
The coronoid notch is a depression where the mandible meets the anterior border of the ramus of the mandible located below the coronoid process and between the most anterior and lateral (external) parts of the ramus, a contin­uation of the oblique line, and the medial (internal)- most part of the temporal crest (Figure3.7).
Although this structure is not found in the anatomical
terminology (FCAT 1998) either, it has practical
significance because in this depression clinicians rest their finger or mirror to guide the needle and stretch the mucosa to access the pterygotemporal depression, the site for needle penetration in a direct or conventional mandibular block.
Accessory Foramina
The accessory foramina, 0.2–1.5 mm diameter holes on the surface of the mandible, provide passage to nutritional ves­sels and nerves (Shiller and Wiswell 1954; Carter and Keen1971; Barker and Davies1972; Sutton1974; Haveman and Tebo1976; Chapnick1980). Eight to 36 foramina per mandible are located in both the ramus of the mandible and its body, predominantly (80–85% of cases) on the inter­nal surface (Sutton1974; Haveman and Tebo1976), where the largest lie (Carter and Keen 1971; Haveman and Tebo1976; Chapnick1980) (Table3.10). The practical sig­nificance of these foramina is that they may favor acces­sory innervation of the dental pulp.
The foramina on the external surface tend to cluster around incisors and canines (Sutton1974). Their practical implications stem not only from their role in the passage of accessory innervation (Starkie and Stewart 1931; Sutton 1974), but also in favoring the diffusion of anes­thetic solutions, rendering local buccal infiltration effec­tive in that region.
Pterygomandibular Space
The pterygomandibular space (formerly known as the pterygomaxillary space) is a narrow groove between the medial (internal) pterygoid muscle and the internal surface
Table3.10  Percentage ofdry mandibles withforamina onthe internal surface.
Reference Number Condylar
Carter and Keen (1971) 62 20 Ye s 33 — Barker (1972) 122 40 Yes — Haveman and Tebo (1976) 150 100 100 92 — Bilecenoglu and Tuncer (2006) 80 25 — Shiller and Wiswell (1954) 126 63 90 Zivanovic (1970) 335 100 Sutton (1974) 300 80 85 Chapnick (1980) 122 69
Yes, foramina present but % of mandibles bearing them not specified; — , no data.
Ramus of mandible Body of mandible
Mandibular
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Retromolar
fossa (%)
Mylohyoid line
under premolar (%)
Genial
spine (%)
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Superior pharyngeal
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Mandibular nerve
Foramen ovale
Otic ganglion
Tensor veli
palatine nerve
Tensor veli palatini
muscle
Interpterygoid fascia
constrictor muscle
Medial pterygoid
nerve
Medial pterygoid
muscle
Figure3.13  Sagittal/frontal section of pterygomandibular space. Source: Redrawn with changes from Rouviere (1976).
Temporal muscle
Deep temporal nerve
Buccal nerve
Zygomatic process
Coronoid process
Maxillary artery
Inferior alveolar artery
Inferior alveolar nerve
Mandibular foramen
Masseter muscle
Ramus of mandible
of the ramus of the mandible. It lies in the lower infratemporal fossa (formerly the zygomatic fossa) (Galbreath and Eklund
1970) (Figures3.13 and3.14).
Anatomic Boundaries ofthe Pterygomandibular Space
External/lateral. This boundary, formed by the internal
surface of the ramus of the mandible, features, from back to front, the sulcus colli, the mandibular foramen, and the lingula (forward of and above the mandibular foramen) (Sicher 1946; Barker and Davies 1972; Shaw and Fierst1988).
Internal/medial. In the medial to external direction this
boundary consists o: the tensor veli palatini, the interpt­erygoid fascia or aponeurosis (a layer of fibrous tissue that prevents the diffusion of the anesthetic solution to the most medial/internal part of the pterygomandibular space) (Barker and Davies1972; Watson1973), and the medial (internal) pterygoid muscle under the interptery­goid fascia in the lower pterygomandibular space (Sicher 1946; Murphy and Grundy 1969; Shaw and Fierst1988). The interpterygoid fascia is partially thick­ened, especially this part which is attached to the spine of the sphenoid, on the skull base and the lingual of the mandible; this segment is named the sphenomandibular
ligament (Barker and Davies 1972; Lipski et al. 2013; Khoury etal.2011).
Anterior/ventral (Murphy and Grundy1969; Galbreath
and Eklund1970).
The structures at the two ends of these boundaries are
as follows (Figure3.14).
In the lateral (external)- most region, the space is
bounded by the temporal crest that gives attachment to the deep tendon of the temporal muscle.
The medial (internal)- most boundary is the ptery-
gomandibular raphe or ligament, a fibrous band
that joins the posterior and most aponeurotic part of the buccinator muscle to the anterior-
most part of the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle (buccino- pharyngeal aponeurosis) and lies for­ward of the medial (internal) pterygoid muscle. This ligament runs from the internal flange of the pterygoid process to the posterior-
most part of the
mylohyoid line.
The pterygotemporal depression, elliptical and elongated in shape that is pierced by the needle and hence of critical significance in direct or conven­tional mandibular block, lies between these two extremes (Figure16.7, Chapter16).
From the external- most to the internal- most part of the
pterygotemporal depression (Angelman1945) lie the
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Facial nerve
(VII cranialnerve)
External carotid a.
Retromandibular v.
Parotid gland
Inferior alveolar v.
Inferior alveolar a.
Inferior alveolar n.
Lingula
Masseterm.
Ramus of mandible
Temporal crest
Deep tendon of the
temporal m.
Coronoid notch
ltendonof
the temporal m.
Buccal n.
Internal jugular v.
Vagus n. (X cranial nerve)
Internal carotid a.
Interpterygoid fascia
Sphenomandibular ligament
Medial pterygoid m.
Lingual n.
Lingual a.
Superior pharingeal constrictor m.
Pterygomandibular ligament/raphe
Temporopterygoid fascia
Pterygotemporal depression
Buccinator m.
Oral mucosa
Figure3.14  Schematic representation in cross- section of the pterygomandibular space at a medium height. a., artery; m., muscle;
n., nerve; v., vein. Source: Based on data from Sicher (1946), Murphy and Grundy (1969) and Barker and Davies (1972).
oral mucosa, the most aponeurotic part of the buccina­tor muscle, small adipose bodies, and the temporop­terygoid fascia. That aponeurosis, like the interpterygoid aponeurosis or fascia of which it is a continuation, pre­vents the diffusion of the local anesthetic solution to the anterior and outer pterygomandibular space (Barker and Davies1972; Watson1973).
Posterior/dorsal (Berns and Sadove 1962; Murphy and
Grundy1969; Galbreath and Eklund1970; Petersen1971; Shaw and Fierst1988). Here the boundary is the poste­rior border of the ramus of the mandible and the distal­most part of the parotid gland with its capsule (Angelman
1945). The facial nerve (CN VII) (Petersen1971) and the retromandibular vein (Murphy and Grundy1969) lie in the parotid (Figure3.14).
Behind and medially (internally) to the pterygoman­dibular space lies the parapharyngeal space, which houses the external and the (more posterior and medial) internal (common) carotid artery, the (more medial) jugular vein and the (more posterior) vagus nerve (CN X), and their fascia (Murphy and Grundy 1969; Petersen 1971). The internal carotid artery, internal
jugular vein, and vagus nerve run inside the carotid sheath (Kafalias etal.1987).
Superior/cranial (Sicher 1946; Galbreath and
Eklund 1970; Coleman and Smith 1982; Shaw and Fierst1988). A frontal cross- section of the pterygoman­dibular space reveals its triangular shape, with the widest base at the top (Sicher1946; Petersen1971). It houses the condylar neck and the inferior surface of the lateral (external) pterygoid muscle, through whose bellies/fascicles/heads the buccal nerve runs (Figure3.13), and the descending loop of the maxillary artery (internal maxillary artery), where present (Lacouture etal.1983).
Inferior/caudal (Sicher1946; Bremer 1952; Galbreath
and Eklund1970). The vertex and narrowest part of the triangle mentioned in the preceding bullet point lie at the bottom, where the following are found: the medial (internal) pterygoid muscle at its insertion into the internal surface of the ramus of the mandible (Figure3.13) and the lingual nerve exit to the floor of the mouth and submandibular (submaxillary) space (Via1953).
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