Morphology and morphometry of the human sublingual glands in mouth floor enlargements of edentulous patients

Morphology and morphometry of the human sublingual glands in mouth floor enlargements of edentulous patients

Asymptomatic mouth floor enlargements may be observed in edentulous patients. These masses, which protrude from the mouth floor, may complicate the fitting of dentures and require surgery. Whether this "entity" may be considered an anatomical variation of the mouth floor or represent speci...

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Main Authors: Josiane Costa Rodrigues de SA, Elen de Souza TOLENTINO, Luciana Reis AZEVEDO-ALANIS, Liogi IWAKI FILHO, Vanessa Soares LARA, Jose Humberto DAMANTE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Applied Oral Science
Subjects:
Salivary glands
Sublingual gland
Morphology
Anatomy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572013000600540&lng=en&tlng=en

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