Hygiene Atlas

Atlas · Plate VII · General and Oral Pathology · 06

Soft-tissue masses

The irritation fibroma, a firm nodule along the bite line of the cheek, is the most common oral soft-tissue mass. A mucocele is a mucus-filled swelling, usually on the lower lip, from a ruptured minor salivary gland duct; in the floor of the mouth it is called a ranula. Papillomas are cauliflower-like, epulis fissuratum follows a denture flange, and tori are benign bony growths.

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  1. Irritation fibroma is the most common oral soft tissue mass; it usually forms on the buccal mucosa along the bite line.T5
  2. Mucocele: most often on the lower lip from a ruptured minor salivary gland duct.T5
  3. Ranula is a large mucocele in the floor of the mouth from the sublingual gland.T5
  4. Papilloma: cauliflower-like, pedunculated, often on the soft palate or tongue (HPV 6, 11).T5
  5. Epulis fissuratum is a fold of fibrous tissue caused by an ill-fitting denture flange.T5
  6. Torus palatinus is on the midline of the hard palate; torus mandibularis is lingual to the mandibular premolars, usually bilateral.T5

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