What are the four small radiopaque bony crests imaged at the midline of the mandible called?
What will be an ideal response?
Genial tubercles. These tubercles serve as muscle attachments. Because of their proximity to each other, they appear as one round radiopaque "doughnut" at the midline beneath the apices of the central incisors.
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