• Also called fordyce's Disease and sebaceous nevi.
• Not a disease of oral mucosa. It is developmental anomaly characterized by heterotopic collections of sebaceous gland at various sites in the oral cavity.
• This occurs due to inclusion of sebaceous glands in the oral cavity of ectoderm during development of the maxillary and mandibular processes of embryo...nic life.
Clinical Features:
• Appear as small yellow spots, either seen individual or forming a large plaques, often projecting slightly above the surface of tissue.
• Most frequently seen as a bilaterally symmetrical pattern. On the cheek mucosa, opposite the molar teeth.
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