Table 3.
Site distribution of oral mucosal lesions (N = 570).
| Diagnosis | Site |
n (% of total)a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gingiva | Lip/labial mucosa | Cheek | Tongue | Floor of mouth | Palate | ||
| Fordyces granules | 6 | 110 | 116 (20.4) | ||||
| Linea alba | 1 | 64 | 65 (11.4) | ||||
| Generalized pigmentation | 41 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 64 (11.2) | ||
| Hairy tongue | 32 | 32 (5.6) | |||||
| Leukoedema | 31 | 31 (5.4) | |||||
| Frictional keratosis | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 (5.3) | ||
| Irritation fibroma | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 28 (4.9) | |
| Torus/exostoses | 9 | 12 | 21 (3.7) | ||||
| Fissured tongue | 19 | 19 (3.3) | |||||
| Geographic tongue | 17 | 17 (3.0) | |||||
| Frenal tag | 14 | 14 (2.5) | |||||
| Traumatic ulcer | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 (2.1) |
| Morsicatio Buccarum | 11 | 11(1.9) | |||||
| Amalgam tattoo | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 (1.9) | |||
| Parulis | 11 | 11 (1.9) | |||||
| Lichen planus | 8 | 8 (1.4) | |||||
| Varicosity | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 (1.4) | |||
| Scalloped tongue | 7 | 7 (1.2) | |||||
| Nicotine stomatitis | 6 | 6 (1.1) | |||||
| Recurrent Herpes Simplex | 1 | 5 | 6 (1.1) | ||||
| Foliate papillitis | 6 | 6 (1.1) | |||||
| Purpura | 4 | 1 | 5 (0.9) | ||||
| Melanotic macule | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 (0.9) | |||
| Generalized gingival enlargement | 4 | 4 (0.7) | |||||
| Mucocoele | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 (0.7) | |||
| Ankyloglossia | 4 | 4 (0.7) | |||||
| Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis | 2 | 1 | 3 (0.5) | ||||
| Epulis fissuratum | 3 | 3 (0.5) | |||||
| Tobacco pouch keratosis | 2 | 2 (0.4) | |||||
| Melanocytic nevus | 1 | 1 | 2 (0.4) | ||||
| Hemangioma | 1 | 1 | 2 (0.4) | ||||
| Localized reactive gingival lesion | 2 | 2 (0.4) | |||||
| Othersb | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 (1.9) | |
| Total | 110 | 47 | 280 | 98 | 5 | 30 | 570 (100) |
a
Percentage values calculated out of a total of 570 lesions.
b
Leukoplakia (1), Lichenoid drug eruption (1), Candidiasis (1), Mucosal burn (1), Denture stomatitis (1), Allergic contact stomatitis (1), Periodontal abscess (1), Papilloma (1), Inflammatory papillary hyperplasia (1), Ranula (1), Herniated fat pad (1).