Gingival Enlargement

Gingival Enlargement
A common characteristic of this group of lesions is that they are located on the gingiva and present as a submucosal enlargement covered by normal epithelium. The lesions can be either generalized or localized. Local diseases, drug-induced lesions, systemic diseases, and tumors are included in this particular group of disorders.

I Generalized Hyperplastic gingivitis Mouth-breathing gingivitis Drug-induced gingival overgrowth Gingival overgrowth in pregnancy Gingival overgrowth due to leukemia Hereditary gingival fibromatosis Scurvy Wegener granulomatosis Acanthosis nigricans

II Localized Pyogenic granuloma Peripheral giant-cell granuloma Peripheral ossifying fibroma Granular-cell tumor of the newborn Periodontal abscess Parulis Multiple exostoses Gingival cyst Eruption cyst