Baba Farid University Dental Journal
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2

Acquired lower double lip: A rare oral anomaly and review of literature

  • Author:
  • Preet Kanwal Ahluwalia1,, Amaninder Singh2, Deepti Prashar2, Muskan Arora3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 69 to 71

1Professor & Head of Department Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Dental College and Hospital, Derabassi, Punjab, India

2Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Dental College and Hospital, Derabassi, Punjab, India

3PG student Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Dental College and Hospital, Derabassi, Punjab, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. Preet Kanwal Ahluwalia, Professor & Head of Department, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Dental College and Hospital, Derabassi, Punjab, India, E mail: preetahluwalia@hotmail.com

Online published on 1 May, 2021.

Abstract

Double lip is a rare oral anomaly affecting the lips which may be either congenital or acquired. It is characterized by presence of fold of excess or redundant hypertrophic tissue on the mucosal side of lip caused by excessive areolar tissue. Present article intends to report a rare case of acquired lower double lip in 25-year old male.

Keywords

Double Lip, Redundant hypertrophic tissue, Rare anomaly