title: Mast cells and oral pathologies: A Review.
abstract: Mast cells (MCs) are resident cells of several types of tissues and contain many granules rich in histamine and heparin. They are distributed preferentially about the micro-vascular endothelial cells in the oral mucosa. These cells play a key role in the inflammatory process and thus their number has been found to be altered in various oral pathological conditions such as oral pyogenic granuloma, oral lichen planus, leukoplakia, oral squamous cell carcinoma, periapical cysts etc. The present review article is aimed to describe the alteration in the number of MCs along with their probable roles in these pathological conditions.
authors: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College, Shimla, India.
authors: Reet
authors: R
authors: Kamal
authors: Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India.
authors: Parveen
authors: P
authors: Dahiya
authors: Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India.
authors: Niti
authors: N
authors: Goyal
authors: Department of Periodontics and Implantology, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India.
authors: Mukesh
authors: M
authors: Kumar
authors: Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College, Shimla, India.
authors: Neeta
authors: N
authors: Sharma
authors: Departmrent of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors: Hans Raj
authors: HR
authors: Saini
keywords: Mast cells; normal oral mucosa; oral pathologies