Epulis Fissuratum

Authors : Fuat BÜYÜKLÜ, Seda Türkoğlu BABAKURBAN, Berrin ÇAYLAK, Özcan ÇAKMAK

Pages : 229-231

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Publication Date : 2010-12-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Epulis fissuratum, which is also named ‘inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia’, is a clinically nonspecific lesion resuling from chronic trauma of oral mucosa and it is classified under the hyperplastic lesions of oral mucosa. It occurs mostly in 5th-7 th decades due to denture prosthesis. They appear as a series of hyperplasic tissue folds in the maxillary/mandibulary vestibule and on the lingual aspect of the alveolar ridge area. Generally, the tissue is firm, claret and the size of the lesion depends on the degree of trauma and the time of development. The risk of malignant degeneration is not known exactly. Therefore the treatment is removal of the offending stimulus and surgical excision of the lesion. In this report, a 76 year-old woman with lesion on her superior alveolar arch was presented. The lesion of her was excised and the histopathologic examination was revealed as epulis fissuratum. Epulis fissuratum was discussed revising the literature by reason of this case
Keywords : gingival diseases, dental prosthesis, hyperplasia