L'épulis est une tumeur bénigne de la gencive qui n'a aucun potentiel dégénératif. Le nom vient du grec, épi = extérieur et oulon = gencive. La tumeur apparait généralement comme une excroissance suite à une irritation locale chronique, ou des perturbations hormonales ce qui explique sa relative prédilection chez la femme en période dactivité génitale et la femme enceinte. Cliniquement elle se ...

Background: Peripheral Cemento-Ossifying Fibroma (PCOF) usually presents as epulis, represents 3.1% of all oral tumors and 9.6% gingival lesions, is difficult to distinguish clinically radiographically, requires anatomic histopathological confirmation, peaking in the 2nd 3rd decades, high recurrence 8-20%. Objective: To report case management posterior maxilla with conventional surgery excision...

Epulis of the newborn is a granular cell tumour that originates from the dental alveolar mucosa. We report a case of a neonate with multiple congenital masses of the alveolar mucosa who presented for surgery with a potential airway problem. Intubation was achieved uneventfully using a gaseous induction with a large facemask and displacement of the epulides to allow cautious laryngoscopy.