Cutaneous sinus of dental origin
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Cutaneous sinus of dental origin (also known as a "Dental sinus") is a condition in which a chronic periapical infection about a tooth produces a burrowing cordlike sinus tract that eventually appears beneath the surface of the gum, palate, or periorificial skin.
See also
- Caviar tongueCaviar tongueCaviar tongue is a condition characterized by purplish venous ectasias commonly found on the undersurface of the tongue after the age of fifty.- See also :* Cutaneous sinus of dental origin* List of cutaneous conditions* Median rhomboid glossitis...
- List of cutaneous conditions
- Median rhomboid glossitisMedian rhomboid glossitisMedian rhomboid glossitis is a condition characterized by a shiny oval or diamond-shaped elevation, invariably situated on the dorsum of the tongue in the midline immediately in front of the circumvallate papillae....