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Oral cancer oral cancer is one of the most formidable types of mouth diseases it involves the formation of sores in the mouth which do not heal abnormal division of cells in the tissue lining the mouth leads to the oral cancer. In this chapter diseases arising from the oral mucosa and soft tissues such as connective tissue fat tissue blood vessels nerves and also minor salivary glands will be discussed the choice has been made to follow an alphabetical order some lesions are grouped together eg fibroma and fibroma like lesions. Diseases of the oral mucosa and the lips 1e vickie waters oral pathology pathology of the oral mucosa and pharynx shabeel pn oral manifestations of drug reactions treatment jrahul raghavender english espanol portugues francais deutsch . Abstract the oral mucosa is derived from ectoderm and has many similarities with skin nonetheless there are significant differences structurally the oral mucosa undergoes a different type of keratiniza tion in some sites parakeratosis is normal and in most others no granular layer is seen