Common conditions associated with mandibular canal widening: A literature review
Mortazavi Hamed, Baharvand Maryam, Safi Yaser, Dalaie Kazem, Behnaz Mohammad, Safari Fatemeh,
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( Mortazavi Hamed ) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences School of Dentistry Department of Oral Medicine
( Baharvand Maryam ) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences School of Dentistry Department of Oral Medicine
( Safi Yaser ) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences School of Dentistry Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
( Dalaie Kazem ) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences School of Dentistry Department of Orthodontics
( Behnaz Mohammad ) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences School of Dentistry Department of Orthodontics
( Safari Fatemeh ) - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences School of Dentistry
Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study was to review the common conditions associated with mandibular canal widening.
Materials and Methods: General search engines and specialized databases including Google Scholar, PubMed, PubMed Central, Science Direct, and Scopus were used to find relevant studies by using the following keywords: “mandibular canal,” “alveolar canal,” “inferior alveolar nerve canal,” “inferior dental canal,” “inferior mandibular canal,” “widening,” “enlargement,” “distension,” “expansion,” and “dilation.”
Results: In total, 130 articles were found, of which 80 were broadly relevant to the topic. We ultimately included 38 articles that were closely related to the topic of interest. When the data were compiled, the following 7 lesions were found to have a relationship with mandibular canal widening: non-Hodgkin lymphoma, osteosarcoma, schwannoma, neurofibroma, vascular malformation/hemangioma, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes, and perineural spreading or invasion.
Conclusion: When clinicians encounter a lesion associated with mandibular canal widening, they should immediately consider these entities in the differential diagnosis. Doing so will help dentists make more accurate diagnoses and develop better treatment plans based on patients' radiographs.
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Mandibular Nerve; Odontogenic Cysts; Odontogenic Tumors
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