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Morphological Variations of Lingula in South Indian Mandibles

C Lavanya Varma and PA Sameer

The shape of lingula was studied in 193 mandibles. Of these 173 showed bilateral symmetry. Five different shapes of lingula were identified – Nodular, truncated, triangular, assimilated and M shaped. In majority i.e, in 42% of mandibles, the lingula was seen to be nodular. This is in contrast to the studies done by earlier authors.