Developmental Disturbances Flashcards

Bilateral cleft lip

Cleft palate

Bifid Uvula
What difficulties can cleft lip/palate cause?
difficulty speaking, eating, especially babies when they cant feed properly
What is the least severe form of cleft palate?
Bifid uvula

commissural lip pit
What developmental issue causes commissural lip pits?
fusion of soft tissue of mand and max of lip

Paramedian lip pits

double lip
What are fordyce granules?
ectopic sebaceous glands
Are fordyce granules common?
Yes 80%!

fordyce granules

fordyce granules

Leukoedema
How common is leukoedema?
VERY COMMON 90%

Leukoedema
What are results of diascopy test for leukoedema?
Positive

oral melanotic macule

oral melanotic macule
most common location of oral mealanotic macule?
lower lip vermillion. can also be muccal mucosa, gingiva, and palate. Tongue too but rare

microglossia

ankyloglossia
What procedure would we do for ankyloglossia?
frenectomy
What problems could someone with ankyloglossia have?
stress on attached gingiva










































