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Fordyces granules
80% of adults appear at puberty
Ectopic sebaceous gland

Linea Alba
Bruxism
friction
teeth out of alignment

Mandibular tori
10% of the population

Torus palatinus
20% of the population, more common in females

Exostosis
General term for extra bone

Melanin pigmentation
Can get melanin from smoking

Lingual varicosities
Bulging blood vessel, Caviar tongue

Leukoedema
Opalescent, grayish filminess (buccal mucosa)
More common in POC
Disappears when stretched

Lingual Lymphoid (oral tonsil)
Posterior lateral border of tongue
Embedded in foliate papillae

Lingual thyroid nodule
Developmental
Behind the circumvallate papilla
Sessile
2-3cm
Thyroid tissue

Retrocuspid papilla
Nodule on gingiva on lingual of mandibular canine
developmental
1-4 mm

Fissured tongue
5% of the population

Hairy tongue
Anything that changed the biochemistry of the mouth
Elongated filiform papillae

Crenated tongue
scalloped edge

median rhomboid glossitis
Diamond- or oval-shaped denuded area: “bald spot”
anterior to circumvallate papillae
Denudded
Canadidiasis

Geographic tongue
Denuded filiform papilla
if on gingiva- erythema migrans

Commissural lip
Unilateral/bilateral
“blind” tracts

Paramedian lip pits
Midline of lower lip
Less common

Caliculus angularis
Small pink keratinized papule on buccal mucosa at the commissure of lip
