{"id":5309,"date":"2020-02-12T05:40:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T05:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=5309"},"modified":"2022-07-19T07:51:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T07:51:24","slug":"mental-foramen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental foramen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The anterior opening of the mandibular canal on the lateral aspect of the body of the mandible in the region of the first premolar, giving passage to the mental neurovascular bundle.<\/p>\n

\n

The opening on the ventral surface of the body of the mandible where the mandibular nerve exits the mandible.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The anterior opening of the mandibular canal on the lateral aspect of the body of the mandible in the region of the first premolar, giving passage to the mental neurovascular bundle. The opening on the ventral surface of the body of the mandible where the mandibular nerve exits the mandible.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-m"],"yoast_head":"\nMental foramen - Definition of Mental foramen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The anterior opening of the mandibular canal on the lateral aspect of the body of the mandible in the region of the first premolar, giving passage to the mental neurovascular bundle.The opening on the ventral surface of the body of the mandible where the mandibular nerve exits the mandible.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mental foramen - Definition of Mental foramen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The anterior opening of the mandibular canal on the lateral aspect of the body of the mandible in the region of the first premolar, giving passage to the mental neurovascular bundle.The opening on the ventral surface of the body of the mandible where the mandibular nerve exits the mandible.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-12T05:40:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-19T07:51:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/\",\"name\":\"Mental foramen - Definition of Mental foramen\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-12T05:40:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-19T07:51:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"The anterior opening of the mandibular canal on the lateral aspect of the body of the mandible in the region of the first premolar, giving passage to the mental neurovascular bundle.The opening on the ventral surface of the body of the mandible where the mandibular nerve exits the mandible.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mental foramen\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mental foramen - Definition of Mental foramen","description":"The anterior opening of the mandibular canal on the lateral aspect of the body of the mandible in the region of the first premolar, giving passage to the mental neurovascular bundle.The opening on the ventral surface of the body of the mandible where the mandibular nerve exits the mandible.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mental foramen - Definition of Mental foramen","og_description":"The anterior opening of the mandibular canal on the lateral aspect of the body of the mandible in the region of the first premolar, giving passage to the mental neurovascular bundle.The opening on the ventral surface of the body of the mandible where the mandibular nerve exits the mandible.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2020-02-12T05:40:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-19T07:51:24+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/","name":"Mental foramen - Definition of Mental foramen","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-02-12T05:40:56+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-19T07:51:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"The anterior opening of the mandibular canal on the lateral aspect of the body of the mandible in the region of the first premolar, giving passage to the mental neurovascular bundle.The opening on the ventral surface of the body of the mandible where the mandibular nerve exits the mandible.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/mental-foramen\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mental foramen"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171632,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5309\/revisions\/171632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}