Morphometric Study on the Hasak Sheep Mandible

Abstract

The study was carried out to reveal some macroanatomical and morphometric valueson the Hasak sheep mandible. In the study, eight reformed dead Hasak sheep mandibles fromKonya Bahri Dagdas International Agricultural Research Institute were used. The length between19 different points in the mandible of Hasak sheep was measured and the values obtained werecompared with other sheep breeds. As a result of this comparison, it has been determined that themandible length and mandible height values of Hasak sheep are higher than Hemsin,Morkaraman, Tuj, Mehraban, Iranian domestic sheep breeds and lower than that of Konya merinosheep, Hasmer, Yankasa, Barbados Black Belly sheep. These results are of clinical importance toassist in regional anesthesia of the mandibular and mental nerves, especially during surgicaloperation, archaeological studies, tooth extraction and treatment in the mandible.