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Development and Embryology of Oral Mucosa and Structures: Developmental Disturbances

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Disordered embryonic development can lead to a wide range of developmental disorders in the oral cavity. Many of these are related to the disordered or incomplete fusion of separate developmental lines of the face. Whilst some are relatively common and often trivial, others are rare and can be more serious. For example, small developmental cysts are commonly found on the palate of newborns. It is believed, by some, that these are the result of epithelial entrapment in the median palatal raphe. Others hold that they are the result of epithelial remnants of developing salivary glands. These cysts are termed Epstein’s pearls when they occur in the midline of the palate and Bohn’s nodules when they occur scattered on the palate. Ectopic sebaceous glands are common and termed Fordyce’s granules. They can be found in 80% of the population and hence are not generally considered a true developmental abnormality but rather a variant of normal development .

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Florence, 37, via Alfani, 50121, Florence, Italy

    Torello M. Lotti M.D.

  2. 1819 J.F. Kennedy Boulevard Suite 465, 19103, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Lawrence Charles Parish M.D., F.A.C.P

  3. Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, 55905-0001, MN, Rochester, USA

    Roy Steele Rogers III M.D.

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Feliciani, C., Jordan, R. (1999). Development and Embryology of Oral Mucosa and Structures: Developmental Disturbances. In: Lotti, T.M., Parish, L.C., Rogers, R.S. (eds) Oral Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59821-0_5

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