The aim of this study was to determine whether buccal mucosa would provide an alternate source of tissue for human biomonitoring. Samples of clinically normal oral biopsies were excised, and buccal mucosa were scraped or brushed from patients while they were undergoing surgery for the excision of intra-oral squamous cell carcinoma. Extracted DNA was 32P-postlabeled using the butanol enhancement...

lipoma is a benign mesenchymal tumor of fat with uncertain pathogenesis. although the most common mesenchymal neoplasm in trunk and proximal portions of the extremities, it is rarely seen in the oral cavity. oral lipomas are clinically soft, smooth-surfaced nodular masses that mostly are less than 3 cm in size. typically the tumor is asymptomatic unless bitten or become noticeable because of th...

A comparison has been made between the serotypes of oral Candida albicans taken from patients with denture-induced stomatitis and from a group of age and sex-matched controls. C albicans isolates were obtained from the fitting surface of the denture, the palatal mucosa supporting the denture, and the buccal mucosa. Twenty-nine of the 30 patients samples in the group affected by denture-induced...