page_title: Retrocuspid papilla
section_title: Clinical appearance
hierarchical_section_title: Retrocuspid papilla / Clinical appearance
caption_attribution_description: Retrocuspid papilla situated in a more unusual region,the labial side in the premolar region.jpg
context_page_description: Retrocuspid papilla is small elevated nodules mostly behind the lower canine teeth. It is sometimes associated with reactive arthritis.
context_section_description: The lesions are bilaterally situated in the attached gingiva or close to the border of the mucosa lingual to the two mandibular canines (Fig.1). 
   However, they could in a few individuals also be seen simultaneously in the molar region and on the  lingual side (Fig.2).They were 2-3 mm wide and high and covered with normal mucosa. Their tips were erected or could be folded down, mimicking the entrance of a periodontal abscess, but no duct was present.
   
  Radiographs showed no bone destruction and the depths of the periodontal pockets could not explain the presence of the lesions. They were nonsymptomatic and were not noticed by the patients.
caption: Fig.2. Retrocuspid papilla in molar region labial gingiva mimicking a periodontal abscess
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