TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hard Palate Abscess A1 - Jauch, Edward C. A1 - Valdez, J. Amadeo A2 - Knoop, Kevin J. A2 - Stack, Lawrence B. A2 - Storrow, Alan B. A2 - Thurman, R. Jason PY - 2021 T2 - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Hard palate abscesses are most commonly related to maxillary lateral incisors or palatal roots of the posterior teeth, especially maxillary 1st molar and premolars. The infection starts at the tooth apex and erodes through the palatal bone, accumulating into the palatal mucoperiosteum. The lesion is fluctuant, is usually very painful with a paramedian location, and typically does not cross the palate’s midline. Palatal abscesses need to be differentiated from other pathologies such as salivary gland tumors, neural tumors, cysts, fibromas, and torus palatinus. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181040633 ER -