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Clinical examination of the oral cavity according to the clinical form. Dracena, 2002.
| Clinical form |
Cheek |
Tongue |
Soft palate |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alteration (type) | Normal | Alteration | Normal | Alteration | Normal | |
| DD | 1 (erythematous macula) | 1 | 2 (fissure & edema) | 1 (papule) | 1 | |
| DV | 1 (hypochromic macula) | 6 | 1 (fissured & geographic) | 6 | 7 | |
| VV | 1 (hypochromic macula) | 9 | 1 (fissured & geographic) 3 (fissures) | 5 | 11 | |
| 1 (erythematous macula) | 1 (fissures, infiltration & atrophy) 1 (fissures & papula) | |||||
| Total | 4 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
