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A patient comes with the H/O swelling in the submandibular region. He is diagnosed to have submandibular abscess. The incision to drain the abscess is put 1 cm below the base of the mandible because

AThe submandibular gland appears 1 cm below the mandible
BIt is difficult to incise along the margin of the mandible
CThe marginal mandibular nerve may be injured if incision is along the base of mandible
DTo avoid injury to the cervical branch of facial nerve
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