Contemporary Clinical Dentistry (Jan 2012)

Diagnosis and management of nonsyndromic hereditary gingival fibromatosis in a 13 year old girl: Report of a rare case

  • Lata Goyal,
  • Afshan Bey,
  • N D Gupta,
  • Amitabh Varshney

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.101097
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 6
pp. 210 – 213

Abstract

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Hereditary gingival fibromatosis is a rare condition characterized by various degree of gingival overgrowth. It usually develops as an isolated disorder but can manifest with multisystem syndrome. We are here presenting a case of a 13-year-old girl who presented with severe enlargement of gingiva covering all most the entire crown involving both maxillary and mandibular arches. Differential diagnosis includes drug-induced and idiopathic gingival enlargement. Excess gingival tissue was removed by full mouth gingivectomy and sent for histopathological examination. Postoperative course was uneventful and patient′s esthetics improved significantly. A 12 month postoperative period shows no recurrence.

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