Idiopathic Gingival Hyperplasia: A Case Report with a 17-Year Followup

Bien Lai; Joseph Muenzer; Michael W. Roberts

doi:10.1155/2011/986237

Case Reports in Dentistry (Jan 2011)

Idiopathic Gingival Hyperplasia: A Case Report with a 17-Year Followup

Bien Lai,
Joseph Muenzer,
Michael W. Roberts

Affiliations

Bien Lai: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, CB 7450, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450, USA
Joseph Muenzer: Division of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, CB 7484, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Michael W. Roberts: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, CB 7450, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7450, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/986237
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2011

Abstract

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This is a case report of a patient with idiopathic gingival hyperplasia and an undiagnosed genetic disorder that demonstrated static encephalopathy, mental retardation, developmental delay, seizures, hypotonia, and severe gingival hypertrophy. The clinical dental management and attempts to obtain a genetic diagnosis are described.

Published in Case Reports in Dentistry

ISSN: 2090-6447 (Print); 2090-6455 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2415

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