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CASE A
A 28-year-old client has a mandibular labial oral piercing. On oral assessment, she exhibits a palpable nodule in the area of the piercing. She states that she noticed the "little lump" about a year after she received the piercing. She received the mandibular labial and tongue piercings approximately 2 years ago. She does not remember biting her lip. She has come to the dental office because she chipped the enamel of her mandibular central incisor and she is experiencing dentinal hypersensitivity. epithelium.
-The client habitually removed the labial piercing during the first year after she received the piercing. The layer of stratified squamous epithelium that constantly undergoes mitosis was pushed down into the underlying connective tissue. These epithelial cells served as the source of cyst formation. In which layer of the epidermis are cells undergoing mitosis most likely to be seen?

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Cells of the stratum basal layer undergo mitosis. This layer forms cells to maintain and replace cells that are lost at the surface. The cells that are produced in the basal layer move up through the other layers until they reach the surface where they are shed

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