title: Oral mucosa: variations from normalcy, part II.
abstract: This is the second article in a 2-part series on the variations of oral mucosa. We describe the following 5 conditions that deviate from normalcy: lateral soft palate fistulas, double lip, fissured tongue, racial gingival pigmentation, and geographic tongue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: J M Seoane
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Leston
authors.forename: A Aguado
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Varela-Centelles
authors.forename: Juan Vazquez
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: L Pias
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Villamor
mesh_terms: D005881:Gingiva / Q000002:abnormalities; D005929:Glossitis, Benign Migratory / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000473:pathology; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000473:pathology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014063:Tongue, Fissured / Q000473:pathology