[Changes in the mouth mucosa during pregnancy and hormonal contraceptive treatment]

The oral mucous membrane, especially the gingiva, may undergo changes during pregnancy which, from clinical and histological observations, should be termed pregnancy gingival hyperplasia. Such rare cases of hyperplasia mimic pregnancy gingival tumours (granuloma gravidarum) within the buccal cavity. The gingival changes observed occasionally in women taking oral contraceptives may also be due to hormonal causes.