A Study of the Cornification of the Oral Mucosa of Young Male Adults

Abstract
A comparison of the degree of cornification in 4 sites of the oral mucosa of 50 healthy, young men was made, using the Papanicolaou staining technic. The resulting figures show that a constant pattern of cornification exists in each of the sites. This constancy may be useful in providing a normal base line for the study of aberrations in cornification. The findings are in accord with previous histologic evidence.