Abstract
The buccal pad of fat is a thinly encapsulated mass of adipose tissue that lies in the cheek, wedged between the buccinator and masseter muscles.1 It extends anteriorly in front of the masseter. Posteriorly, it is continuous with the larger body of fat, which lies between the temporal and pterygoid muscles, extensions of which pass over the outer surface of the temporal muscle and into the pterygomandibular space. The buccal fat pad is relatively large in infants and neonates and has often been called the “suckling pad” or “buccal fat pad of Bichat.”2A small perforation of the buccal mucosa and buccinator muscle can allow the buccal fat pad to extrude a large portion of its substance into the oral cavity.
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