Abnormalities of Jaws and Mucosa Flashcards
Micrognathia
Small Jaw, Related to treacher Collins syndrome
Macrognathia
Large Jaw, Related to Acromegaly
Exotoses and Tori
Benign growth, Bone tissue, Palate, buccal vestibule, floor of mouth
Commissural Lip Pits
Pits in the corner of lips
Paramedian Lip pits
invaginations of lower lip, Biladoraseral, symmetric, blind sinuses of midline mandibular labial vermilion, May express salivary secretions
Often inherited in combination with cleft lip and /or cleft palate (van der Woude Syndrome
Cleft Palate
One of most common congenital defects
Soft and hard tissue, or just soft. submucous palatal cleft
minimal manifestation cleft/bifid uvula
Fordyce Granules
Ectopic Sebacious glands, yellow papules, buccal mucosa and lateral vermilion of the upper lip, asymptomatic
Tongue Tied
short lingual frenum
Fissured tongue
Grooves and fissures on dorsal tongue, asymptomatic, benign,
Coated Tongue
mild thickening of dorsal tongue. benign.
erythema migrans (geographic tongue)
benign. Lesions arise quickly, resolve, and appear in a different area
Median rhomboid glossitis
kinda a grey area (treat like a fungal infection)Well-demarcated symmetrical zone of central atrophy of the filiform papillae in the dorsal tongue midline anterior to the circumvallate papillae. fungal infection can be on palate. KITE SHAPE
Lymphoepithelial cyst
lesion arising on lymphoid tissue. Palatine tonsils, Lingual tonsils, Pharyngeal adenoids, Accessory aggregates of lymphoid tissue of the floor of the mouth, ventral tongue, and soft palate. YELLOW BUMPS
Tonsillar concretions
Tonsillar crypts plugged with desquamated keratin, foreign material, and bacterial microorganisms. Calcify.Sore throat, irritable cough and halitosis most common complaint. some deep tonsiliths might need surgical removal.
