Case Report

Year : 2019 | Volume : 4 | Issue : 1 | Page : 26-30

Traumatic Intraoral Herniation of the Buccal Pad of Fat in Pediatric Patients: Report of Two Cases

Chiranjit Ghosh, Biswanath Jana, Diptangshu Garai1, Pradip Kumar Mandal

Departments of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry and 1 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, North Bengal Dental College and Hospital, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India

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Dr. Chiranjit Ghosh,

57, MGM Sarani, Bidyalanka, Nandibagan, Hooghly, Chandannagar ‐ 712 136, West Bengal, India.

E‐mail: drcghosh@rediffmail.com

Abstract

Intraoral herniation of the buccal pad of fat is commonly occurring in the pediatric group of population. It frequently presents as an expanding pedunculated nontender, soft, nonpulsatile yellowish mass in the buccal mucosa at the level of the maxillary occlusal plane. The most common cause is traumatic injury. This article presents two such cases where extrusion of the pad of fat successfully managed by surgical excision.

Keywords: Buccal pad of fat, extrusion/herniation, pediatric patient, trauma

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How to cite this article: Ghosh C, Jana B, Garai D, Mandal PK. Traumatic intraoral herniation of the buccal pad of fat in pediatric patients: Report of two cases. Int J Pedod Rehabil 2019;4:26-30.