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Hereditary gingival fibromatosis with distinctive facies.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Prasad, Sunkara Shree Ramalinga Radharani, Chitturi Sinha, Soumya Kumar Kumar, S. V. Kiran |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Hereditary gingival enlargement also known as gingivitis or familial elephantiasis is a rare type of gingival enlargement. It appears as an isolated autosomal dominant disorder or maybe associated with other conditions. Oral manifestations may vary from minimal involvement of only tuberosity area and the buccal gingiva around the lower molars to a generalized enlargement inhibiting eruption of the teeth. This paper discusses the case of a 13-year-old female patient with distinctive facial characteristics who presented to the department with a chief complaint of swollen gums since 1 year. She had severe diffuse gingival enlargement of the maxilla and mandible. Diagnosis was made based upon clinical examination and family history. Quadrant wise internal bevel gingivectomy procedure was done for the patient to restore her functional and esthetic needs. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1248 |
| PubMed reference number | 23404022 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.jaypeejournals.com/eJournals/ShowText.aspx?ID=4101&IID=321&IN=~/eJournals/images/JPLOGO.gif&TYP=TOP&Type=PAID&isPDF=YES |
| Journal | The journal of contemporary dental practice |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |