Oral mucosa: variations from normalcy, part II.
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.
Leston
J M Seoane
JM
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Santos
A Aguado
AA
Varela-Centelles
P I
PI
Garcia
Juan Vazquez
JV
Romero
M A
MA
Villamor
L Pias
LP
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