A dental examination revealed oral melanotic macules (brownish-black flat pigmentations ... black pigmentation on the disto-buccal attached gingiva of tooth #8 (Figure 1). An oral cancer exam ...

Melanotic macules are caused by increased melanin production ... Abdel Moneim RA, El Deeb M, Rabea AA. Gingival pigmentation (cause, treatment and histological preview). Future Dental Journal.

A macule is simply the medical term for a small area of discolored skin, including freckles and age spots. A macule is a flat, distinct, discolored area of skin less than 1 centimeter (cm ...

A 73-year-old man presented to an oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic with a black and blue-grey lesion (about 20 mm by 10 mm) in the maxillary gingiva. It was asymmetric ... included amalgam tattoo ...