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Oral mucosal malignant melanoma (OMMM) arises from malignant melanocytes, and the most affected age, sex, and site are 20 to 83 years, male, and the mucosa of hard palate and maxillary gingiva, respectively. Despite several cases of OMMM have been published in the literature, cases of malignant melanoma arising around the dental implant are rarely reported.
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