Intraoral/Extraoral Identification Competency

philtrum, vermillion border, vermillion zone, labial commissure

Extra-oral structures

vestibular area, labial and buccal mucosa, gingival margins, gingival sulcus, free gingiva, attached gingiva, mucogingival junction, alveolar mucosa, interdental papilla, maxillary and mandibular labial frenum

Vestibule structures

retromolar pad, pterygomandibular raphae, maxillary tuberosity, diastema, exostoses, fordyce granules

Posterior borders of vestibule and structures that some people may not have

parotid, stenson’s duct, submandibular, wharton’s duct, sublingual, bartholin’s duct

Salivary glands and ducts

incisive papilla, palatal rugae, hard palate, median palatine raphe, soft palate, uvula, torus palatinus, fovea palatini, anterior tonsillar pillars, tonsils, posterior tonsillar pillars

Palatal structures

dorsum, foramen cecum, circumvallate papilla, foliate papilla, filiform papilla, fungiform papilla, lateral borders

Dorsal surface of Tongue

plica fimbriata, lingual frenum, lingual veins, ventral mucosa, sublingual mucosa, sublingual carucle, sublingual folds, mandibular tori

Ventral surface of tongue