Open AccessOral pigmentation: A review
Author(s) -
C Sreeja,
K. Mathangi Ramakrishnan,
D Vijayalakshmi,
Mrinalee Devi,
I Aesha,
B Vijayabanu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.163471
Subject(s) - oral mucosa , medicine , dermatology , mouth mucosa , pathology
Pigmentations are commonly found in the mouth. They represent in various clinical patterns that can range from just physiologic changes to oral manifestations of systemic diseases and malignancies. Color changes in the oral mucosa can be attributed to the deposition of either endogenous or exogenous pigments as a result of various mucosal diseases. The various pigmentations can be in the form of blue/purple vascular lesions, brown melanotic lesions, brown heme-associated lesions, gray/black pigmentations.