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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1786</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>MYLOHYOID GROOVE BRIDGING IN NORTH COASTAL ANDHRA POPULATION&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Devi.B</surname><given-names>Indira</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sugavasi</surname><given-names>Raju.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sujatha.M</surname><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sirisha.B</surname><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sridevi.P</surname><given-names/></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>18</day><month>06</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>59</fpage><lpage>63</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>The Bony plates stretch over the mylohyoid groove of the mandible either completely or partially is called as mylohyoid bridging. Presence of such mylohyoid bridging may compress the mylohyoid neurovascular bundle which produces the neurological or vascular disorders.__ampersandsignnbsp; This study is clinically important for Dental surgeons, anesthetists, anthropologists. Objectives: To study the site, extension and location of the bony bridging of mylohyoid grooves on right and left sides of mandibles in north coastal Andhra population of south India and compare the present study results with those of previous studies. Methods: The present study is conducted on 60 macerated mandibles, which are available in the osteology section of department of anatomy. In each mandible we have examined both medial sides of the mylohyoid grooves and their bony bridging. Results and Conclusion: In the present study mylohyoid groove bony bridges were found as incomplete or partial type on total 4 sides (2 proximal and 2 distal types) out of 120 sides of 60 mandibles (incidence as 3.33%). All bony bridges were seen unilaterally, No cases were found as complete bony bridges.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Mandible</kwd><kwd> Mylohyoid bridging</kwd><kwd> Mylohyoid nerve.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
