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

• Main Authors: Josiane Costa Rodrigues de SA (Author), Elen de Souza TOLENTINO (Author), Luciana Reis AZEVEDO-ALANIS (Author), Liogi IWAKI FILHO (Author), Vanessa Soares LARA (Author), Jose Humberto DAMANTE (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...