ORAL MUCOCELE IN PEDIATRIC PATIENT: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Authors

  • PRATIK B. KARIYA, KAPIL DAGRUS, SHRUTI BOHRA, SEEMA BARGALE Deptt. of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, K. M. Shah dental college and hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Keywords:

Mucocele, Extravasation, salivary gland, retention phenomenon, cyst

Abstract

The Mucocele are benign mucous containing cystic lesion of salivary gland mainly of traumatic origin. The wall of this cavity is formed by compressed bundles of collagen fibrils and it is filled with mucin. Mucoceles are known to occur most commonly on the lower lip, followed by the floor of mouth and buccal mucosa being the next most frequent sites. This paper presents oral mucosal lesion on lower lip in pediatric patient and literature review on Oral Mucocele.

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Published

2014-10-01

How to Cite

SEEMA BARGALE, P. B. K. K. D. S. B. . (2014). ORAL MUCOCELE IN PEDIATRIC PATIENT: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Indo-European Journal of Dental Therapy and Research, 2(3), 234–236. Retrieved from https://ijddmr.org/index.php/iejdtr/article/view/85

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2014)

Section

Articles