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Massive gingival enlargement and alveolar bone loss: report of two cases
B L Schmidt1, M A Pogrel, D H Perrott
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Journal of Periodontology
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
We present two cases of massive gingival enlargement and osteolysis of alveolar bone in a 30-year-old female and a 36-year-old male. The etiology could not be established in either case. Histologically, both lesions contained hyperplastic fibrous connective tissue and intense plasma cell infiltrates. Both patients responded well to extensive gingivectomy, extraction of all teeth, and alveoplasty.