title: Oral pigmentation: A review.
abstract: Pigmentations are commonly found in the mouth. They represent in various clinical patterns that can range from just physiologic changes to oral manifestations of systemic diseases and malignancies. Color changes in the oral mucosa can be attributed to the deposition of either endogenous or exogenous pigments as a result of various mucosal diseases. The various pigmentations can be in the form of blue/purple vascular lesions, brown melanotic lesions, brown heme-associated lesions, gray/black pigmentations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Adhiparasakthi Dental College, Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sreeja
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Adhiparasakthi Dental College, Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Adhiparasakthi Dental College, Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vijayalakshmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Adhiparasakthi Dental College, Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Devi
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Chettinad Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aesha
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Adhiparasakthi Dental College, Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vijayabanu
keywords: Endogenous; exogenous; oral mucosa; pigmentation