Scenario A A 50-year-old woman is being assessed at an initi…
Scenario A A 50-year-old woman is being assessed at an initial appointment. Oral examination reveals bilateral linea alba and nicotine stomatitis (she smokes two packs of cigarettes per day). There is a heavy, white and nicotine-stained coating on hair-like projections of the tongue. The gingiva is very light, coral pink, and fissured. On probing there is generalized recession, bleeding, heavy generalized subgingival and supragingival calculus, and moderate amounts of bacterial plaque in the lingual area of both arches. How is the client’s buccal mucosa BEST described histologically?