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KMID : 0358920040310040696
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pedodontics
2004 Volume.31 No. 4 p.696 ~ p.700
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GINGIVAL FIBROMATOSIS IN MIXED DENTITION
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Han Hyo-Jeong
Choi Byung-Jai
Kim Jin
Kim Seong-Oh
Sohn Hyung-Kyu
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Abstract
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Gingival fibromatosis is a non-inflammatory oral disease, characterized by slowly progress enlargement of the free and attached gingiva. Gingival fibromatosis may have familial tendency. Gingival enlargement usually begins with the eruption of the permanent dentition but can also develop with the eruption of the primary dentition.
In this case, a 6-year-old female had gingival enlargement at birth. There was no familial, medical and pharmacologic history of gingival overgrowth.
Treatment is gingivectomy with a rigorous program of oral hygiene. Recurrence of gingival fibromatosis may well be inevitable. Therefore there is no general aggrement as to the timing of surgical intervention. Generally the best time is when all the permanent teeth have erupted. However early intervention can improve oral function and esthetic and psychologic effect.
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KEYWORD
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Gingival fibromatosis, Familial tendency, Gingivectomy
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