title: Hereditary gingival fibromatosis with distinctive facies.
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.
authors: Department of Periodontics, Drs Sudha and Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors: Sunkara Shree Ramalinga
authors: SS
authors: Prasad
authors: Chitturi
authors: C
authors: Radharani
authors: Soumya
authors: S
authors: Sinha
authors: Sv Kiran
authors: SK
authors: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003241:Consanguinity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019066:Facies; D005260:Female; D005351:Fibromatosis, Gingival / Q000235:genetics*; D019214:Gingival Overgrowth / Q000175:diagnosis; D005890:Gingivectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D019767:Maxillofacial Abnormalities / Q000473:pathology