The term gingival hyperplasia refers to excess gingival tissue growth. It can be caused by numerous factors, most common being periodontal disease, poor oral hygiene, medications, smoking, and ill-fitting denture prostheses.1,2 The treatment of hyperplasia includes elimination of the causing factors and surgical removal of the lesion.1 If the cause persists, the tissue becomes more fibrous over...

Several studies have demonstrated that gingival hyperplasia affect different populations and associated with different causes. Causes range from gingival irritation by plaque, atmospheric air and suppurative infections and are classified as inflammatory. Some medications like anticonvulsants, antihypertensives and immunosuppresants have been associated with gingival overgrowth. Hormonal variati...

Gingival hyperplasia is a rare condition but it is important for cosmetic and mechanic reasons and because of its potential as an indicator of systemic disease. Gingival fibromatosis may exist as an isolated abnormality or as part of a syndrome. Aggressive periodontitis, another genetically transmitted disorder of the periodontium, typically results in severe, rapid destruction of the toothsupp...

This case report presents a pediatric patient with the extremely rare craniovertebral junction anomaly of occipitocondylar hyperplasia. This 4-year old boy presented with macrocephaly and mild to moderate pontomedullary compression from the unilateral occipitocondylar hyperplasia. Based on the asymptomatic clinical presentation, it was decided to follow the patient with serial magnetic resonanc...

要 旨:こ こに紹介す る 患 者は,高 度 の 骨増殖があ り,審 美的,咀 嚼障害 のため来 院 した。私達 は 補綴的立場か ら,顎 態模型,頭 部X線 規格写真 を中心 として検討 し,上 顔面部 には 大 きな 異 常を認 めず,下 顔面部,と くに上顎骨歯槽 突起 お よび 下顎骨歯槽部 に 増殖が あ り,ま た下顎位 に も増殖 に よる咬合高径 の増大 がみ られる と診断 した。治療 に先だ ち関連科,す なわ ち,保 存,矯 正,口 腔外科, 補綴科 よ りなる診療計画班 を結成 し,総 合的 な 診療方 針 を検討 した。その結果増殖部 を 全歯牙 とと もに外科的 に除去 し,の ち全部床義歯 を 装着 する ことに よ り,審 美的,機 能的 な回復 を 得 ることが 出来 る と考 えた。 <治療経過> まず頭部X線 規格写真 トレース 紙上 で各種 計...

AIMS Based on our accumulated experience, the present study evaluates and discusses the indications, advantages and inconveniences of oral cavity epulis resection using the carbon dioxide laser (CO2) versus the Erbium:YAG laser (Er:YAG), diode laser and surgical scalpel. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective study has been made of 120 patients involving the removal of 128 epulis lesions with t...

The calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumour (CEOT) is an extremely rare benign neoplasia, accounting for approximately 1% of all odontogenic tumours. CEOT can have two clinical manifestations: central or intraosseous (94% of the cases) and peripheral or extraosseous (6% of the cases). Although the latter is less common, the peripheral variant has been described as an insidious lesion, since it...