title: [Report of a case of idiopathic gingival hyperplasia].
abstract: The clinical and histological picture of a rare gingival disease, i.e. idiopathic gingival hyperplasia, is discussed in detail on the basis of a case of our own Comprehensive diagnostic measures were taken to exclude other possible causes of a hyperplasia of the gingiva. Despite a rapid recurrence after gingivectomy, a "wait and see" attitude is assumed and the next therapeutical procedure is planned only after completion of puberty.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence
vernacular_title: Kasuistischer Beitrag zur idiopathischen Gingivahyperplasie