Considered Normal Flashcards by Ashley Nguyen

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Fordyce Granules what is it

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cluster of sebaceous (oil) glands.

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Fordyce Granules Location

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Mostly on the lips and buccal mucosa.

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Fordyce Granules Appearence

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Clusters of tiny yellow lobules.

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Fordyce Granules Demographic

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Over 80% of adult

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Exostosis

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Benign bony overgrowths on the buccal (outer) surface of the maxilla or mandible.

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Torus palatinus (maxillary torus):

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Appears near the midline of the hard palate.

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Mandibular tori

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Appear on the lingual aspect of the mandible in the premolars. Usually bilateral, lobulated, or nodular. (Tori is the plural of torus)

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Tori and Exostosis: radiographs

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appear as a radiopaque mass

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Tori and exostosis tx

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Not needed unless the tori interfere with speech, prosthetic appliances, or swallowing.

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Melanin Pigmentation

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Caused by increased melanin production in the oral mucosa

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Melanin Pigmentation Location

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gingiva and labial mucosa

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Melanin Pigmentation appearance

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flat, dark macule
borders well define or diffused

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Melanin Pigmentation Demographic

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in dark skin individuals

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Melanin Pigmentation symptoms and tx

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Asymptomatic. Biopsy if melanoma (cancer) is suspected

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Lingual varicosity

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Enlarged, dilated veins on the ventral side of tongue

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Lingual varicosity caused by

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age related loss of elasticity

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Lingual varicosity demographic

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adults <60 yrs old

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Lingual varicosity appearance

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Purple or blue, enlarged vessels visible under the tongue.

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Lingual varicosity Symptoms

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asymptomatic

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Lina alba

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white line on the buccal mucosa level of the occlusal plane

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Lina alba caused

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caused bruxism, clinching, grinding

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lina alba location

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buccal mucosa, occusal plane

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lina alba look

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white, raised, well define
bilateral

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lina alba symptoms

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asymptomic

Leukoedema:

Grey opalesece or milky white on buccal mucosa cannot be rubbed off, disappears when stretched

Leukoedema demographic

smoking or black males

Lingual thyroid Nodule

thyroid tissue results from incomplete migration of thyroid during embryonic period foramen cecum and did not full developed during the 4th-7th week leaving some of the thyroid

Amalgam tattoo

Discoloration of mucosa due to contact to amalgam near restoration