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Systematic Assessment of Mammalian Skull Specimens for Dental and Temporomandibular Joint Pathology
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Gingival enlargement associated with a partially erupted mandibular molar
1Department of Stomatology, University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center Dental Branch, USA. cflaitz@mail.db.uth.tmc.edu
Pediatric Dentistry
|November 9, 2001
Abstract:
Odontogenic lesions may present as enlarged opercula and result in the delayed eruption of teeth. This case report describes the clinical and microscopic features of a peripheral odontogenic fibroma in a 13-year-old boy that involved the overlying gingiva of a partially erupted, mandibular second molar. A differential diagnosis and treatment for lesions presenting as gingival enlargements in the molar region are discussed.
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