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Thespreadofanabscesslateraltothebuccinatormuscle.

Thespreadofanabscessintothecaninefossa.

Thedevelopmentofanabscessinthesublingualspace.

Thespreadoftheabscessintotheanteriorregionofthemandiblecorrespondingtothesymphysismenti.

Thespreadoftheabscessintothesubmentalspace.

Thespreadoftheabscessintothesubmandibularspaceunderneaththemylohyoidmuscle.

Thespreadoftheabscessintotheinfratemporalspace.

Thespreadoftheabscessintothesubmassetericspace.

Thespreadofadentoalveolarabscessintocontiguousfascialspaces.(1Submandibularabscess,2pterygomandibularabscess,3parapharyngealabscess,4retropharyngealabscess).

Spreadoftheabscessintotheparotidspace.

Diffuseinflammatoryspread,whichextendsfromthesubmandibularasfarastheinfratemporalarea,withaccumulationofpusinsmallfocalpointsindeeptissues.

Ludwig’sangina.Thediagrammaticillustrationshowingthespreadofpurulentinfectioninfivefascialspacesofthemandible.