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Papillarity of the palatal mucosa
Author(s) -
THOMAS C. J.,
KOTZE T. J. V. W.,
NASH J. M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1985.tb01296.x
Subject(s) - dentistry , medicine , hard palate , stomatitis , orthodontics , dermatology
Summary A sample of 575 palatal casts was studied and found to possess varying degrees of papillary convolutions between and around the palatal rugae. No palatal appliances were worn and no irritative influence was present. A classification of 1–4 was established and the peak incidence was Class II at 48.4% (Class I, being an absence of papillarity, was 7.3%). It is postulated that the presence of a denture may well cause an inflammatory papillary hyperplasia to arise not by a progression through the various stages of denture stomatitis but directly, in an individual with a papillary palate.