Canine fossa
The canine fossa in the facial skull is called the fossa canina . It is larger and deeper than the comparable incisive fossae , the anterior tooth retractions, and is separated from them by a vertical ridge, the canine eminence, which corresponds to the long root of the canine. The canine fossa is the origin of the levator anguli oris muscle . It lies below the infraorbital foramen .
Inflammation from the roots of the upper incisors can cause a canine fossa abscess .
The Caldwell-Luc operation is performed from the canine fossa.
literature
N. Schwenzer, M. Ehrenfeld, Dental Surgery . Georg Thieme Verlag, 23 September 2009, ISBN 978-3-13-159094-7 , p. 97.