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DEFINITION
Increase in the size of the gingiva is termed as gingival
enlargement or gingival overgrowth.
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CLASSIFICATION
According to the etiologic factors and pathologic
changes.
I) Inflammatory enlargement
a). Chronic
b). Acute
II) Drug induced enlargement
III) Enlargements associated with systemic diseases
A). Conditioned enlargement
1). Pregnancy
2). Puberty
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3). Vitamin C
4). Plasma cell gingivitis
5). Nonspecific conditioned enlargement
B). Systemic diseases causing gingival
enlargement
1). Leukemia
2). Granulomatous diseases (Wegener’s
granulomatosis, sarcodiosis)
IV) Neoplastic enlargement
A). Benign tumors
B). Malignanttumors
V) False enlargement
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On the basis of location and distribution
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B). Generalized involving the
gingiva throughout the mouth.
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D). Papillary: Confined to the interdental papilla
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E). Discrete: An isolated sessile or
pendunculated tumor like enlargement
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F). Diffuse; Involving the marginal and
attached gingivae and papillae
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Scoring of gingival enlargement
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Grade 0 Grade I
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Chronic inflammatory enlargement in a 27
year old woman
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Chronic inflammation associated with
mouth breathing in a 16 year old child
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Histology :
chronic inflammatory cells (Lymphocytes,
macrophages, plasma cells etc.)
lesions deep red, soft, friable, smooth
bleeds easily due to vascular engorgement
abundant fibroblasts & collagen fibers
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Acute inflammatory enlargement
Gingival abscess
Etiology:
Bacteria carried deep into the tissues by
toothbrush bristles, piece of apple coat
etc.
Clinical features:
site - marginal and interdental gingiva
localized, painful, rapidly expanding.
Within 24 to 28 hrs lesion becomes
fluctuant & purulent exudate expressed as
surface orifice & rupture spontaneously.
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Gingival enlargement in the case of acute
necrotising gingivitis
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Gingival abscess
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Histopathology:
epithelium - varying degree of intra&
extracellular oedema.
Leukocytic invasion & ulceration
connective tissue- purulent focus
surrounded by PMNs.
edematous tissue
vascular engorgement.
Periodontal abscess:
involves the supporting periodontal tissues.
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DRUG INDUCED GINGIVAL
ENLARGEMENT.
Anticonvulsants
Immunosuppressants
Calcium channel blockers
affects th speech, mastication, tooth
eruption, and aesthetics problems
General clinical features:
site - interdental papilla, facial and
lingual gingival margins
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Starts as a bead massive tissue fold
covering the crown
mulberry shaped , firm , pale pink, resilient
no tendency to bleed
appears to project from beneath the gingival
margin separated by a linear groove.
Plaque control becomes difficult
secondary inflammation
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Regress spontaneously within few months
after discontinuation of the drug.
Histopathology:
Epithelium - acanthosis, elongated rete pegs
conn. Tissue - densely arranged collagen
bundles, fibroblasts, neovascularisation
abundance of amorphous ground substance
cyclosporins - Highly vascularised & foci of
chronic inflammatory cells
phenytoin - fibroblast to collagen ratio
normal, oxytalan fibers are numerous
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1).Anticonvulsants
First gingival enlargement reported
Introduced by Merritt and Putnam in 1938.
Drugs used for the treatment of epilepsy
Phenytoin, ethotoin, mephenytoin,
succinimides etc.
50% of the patients
younger patients more prone
appears in saliva
in systemic administration accelerates the
healing of gingival wounds in non- epileptic
humans.
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Mechanism: PHENYTOIN
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Phenytoin gingival
enlargement
on the facial surface
Phenytoin gingival
enlargement on the
occlusal surface
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Phenytoin enlargement
in the posterior region
Phenytoin gingival
enlargement -
close-up view of
anteriors.
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2). Immunosuppressants
Cyclosporines used to prevent
organ transplant rejection & to
treat autoimmune origin
if dosage > 500mg/day reported
to induce gingival enlargement.
30% patient.
More vascularised
associated with nephrotoxicity,
hypersensitivity, hypertension,
hyperthricosis.
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Cyclosporine induced
gingival
enlargement
in a 14yr old boy
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3).Calcium channel blockers
used for CVS disorders, hypertension,
angina pectoris, coronary artery spasm &
cardiac arrhythmia.
Drugs like nifedipine,diltiazem, felodipine,
nitrendipine and verapamil.
Nifidipine induces enlargement in 20%
cases
Nifidepine + cyclosporines (for kidney
transplant)
larger overgrowth
dose dependent growth
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Nifedipine induced gingival enlargement
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Idiopathic gingival enlargement
termed as gingivostomatitis, elephantiasis,
idiopathicfibromatosis, hereditary gingival
hyperplasia & congenital familial
fibromatosis.
Etiology:
unknown
hereditary basis (autosomal dominant or
recessive)
begins with primary & secondary dentition
eruption.
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Clinical features:
Site - attached
gingiva, gingival
margin, and
interdental papilla
pink,firm and leathery
with pebbled
appearance
Severe cases jaw
appears distorted due
to bulbous enlargement
secondary inflammation
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Histopathology:
epithelium -thickened & acanthosis
elongated rete pegs.
Conn. Tissue- highly vascular, densely
arranged collagen bundles & numerous
fibroblasts
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ENLARGEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH
SYSTEMIC DISEASES
Many systemic diseases can develop oral
manifestations that mayaffect the
periodontium by two different mechanisms
1). Magnification of existing inflammation
initiated by dental plaque “Conditioned
enlargement”
a). Hormonal conditions(pregnancy &
puberty)
b). Nutritional (vitamin C deficiency)
c). Non- specific conditioned enlargement
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2). Manifestation of systemic disease
independent of the inflammatory status of
the gingiva.This group described as
“Systemic diseases causing gingival
enlargement”.
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Conditioned enlargement
systematic condition of the patient
exaggerates the usual gingival
response to dental plaque
bacterial plaque is necessary for its
initiation
3 types
a) Enlargement in pregnancy
b) Enlargement in puberty
c) Enlargement in vitamin C deficiency
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A) Enlargement in pregnancy
Marginal and generalized
Etiology- increase in progesterone and estrogen
till 3rd trimester
- increased vascular permeability
and gingival edema.
Marginal enlargement
Clinical features
-generalized and interproximal
- bright red, soft friable and bleeds
spontaneously.
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Tumor like gingival enlargement
Also called pregnancy tumor
inflammatory response to
bacterial plaque
clinical features
-lesions are discrete, mushroom
like, flattened spherical
masses
-sessile, pedunclated
-exibits deep red pin point
margins.
-Painful ulcerations
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- histopathology:
- called angiogranuloma.
- central mass of connective tissue
- neovascularisation lined by cuboidal
endothelial cells.
-varying degree of edema & chronic
inflammatory infiltrate
- epithelium thickened, prominent retepegs.
Preventable by removal of plaque & calculus.
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B) Enlargement in Puberty
In both male & female
adolescents
Clinical features :
-marginal & interdental
-chronic gingival disease
-reduces after puberty
-Capnocytophaga sp.. & P.
intermedia
Histopathology
-chronic inflammation with
edema
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C) enlargement in Vitamin C deficiency
Clinical features :
- Marginal gingivitis
- hemorrhage on slight provocation and suface
necrosis with pseudomembrane formation
Histopathology:
- chronic inflammatory cellular infiltrate with
superficial acute response
- scattered hemorrhage
- diffuse edema, collagen degeneration &
scarcity of collagen
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Gingival englargement with ulceration
due to severe deficiency of vit C
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Plasma cell gingivitis
Referred to as atypical
gingivitis and plasma
cell gingivostomatitis
site- marginal and
attached gingiva
Clinical features :
-red, friable, bleeds
easily
-oral aspect of
attached gingiva
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Histopathology:
-epithelium- spongiosis and infiltrated with
chronic inflammatory cells.
-lower spinous layer and basal layer damaged
-plasma cells infiltrate
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Non specific conditioned enlargement
(pyogenic granuloma)
Tumor like gingival enlargement
conditioned response to minor
trauma
Clinical features:
-discrete spherical tumor like
mass
-pedunclated, keloid like
-red friable with ulceration
-fibroepithelial papilloma
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Histopathology:
-chronic inflammation with granulation tissue
-vascular spaces & epithelial atrophy
Treatment - removal of lesion and local irritating factors
gingival mass at the mass regress 3 time of pregnancy months after pregnancy
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Systemic diseases causing gingival
enlargement
Leukemia
Clinical features:
-diffuse or marginal
-localized or generalized tumor like mass in
interproximal spaces
-red, friable, firm and hemorrhagic
-painful necrotising
-ulcerative inflammation
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Leukaemic gingival enlargement
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Histopathology:
Epithelium - varying degree of leukocytic
infiltration & edema
Psuedomembranous meshwork of fibrins,
necrotic epithelial cells, PMNS & bacteria.
Conn.. Tissue - infiltrated with a dense
mass of immature & proliferating
leukocytes
engorged capillaries
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Granulomatous diseases
Wegener’s granulomatosis
Etiology: cause unknown (immunologically
mediated tissue injury)
Characterized by acute granulomatous
necrotising lesion of respiratory tract
involving the orofacial region
Clinical features:
reddish purple bleeds easily
Histopathology:
chronic inflammatory giant cells & foci of
acute inflammation, microabscesses
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Red hemorrhagic mass surrounding
gingiva
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Sarcoidiosis
Etiology unknown
red, smooth, painless enlargement
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NEOPLASTIC ENLARGEMENT
(GINGIVAL TUMORS)
A).Benign tumors of gingiva
Epulis all discrete tumors & tumor like
masses of gingiva
considered inflammatory
growth of gingiva & hard palate
1)Fibroma - arises from connective
tissue or PDL
slow growing, firm, nodular, soft,
vascular, pedunculated.
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Histopathology:
Bundles of well formed collagen fibers.
Multinucleated fibroblasts in Giant cell
fibroma
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2). Papilloma:
proliferation of
surface
epithelium
associated with
human papilloma
virus(HPV)
cauliflower like
protuberances
broad, hard
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Human Pappilloma
Virus(HPV)
histopathology:
Finger like projections
of stratified squamous
epithelium, often
hyperkeratotic
fibrovascular core
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3)Peripheral giant cell granuloma
Clinical features
interdentally, gingival margin
pedunclated, smooth, multilobulated,
ulcerations
painless, firm , spongy
locally invasive destroys underlying bone
Histopathology:
Numerous foci of multinucleated giant cells &
hemosiderin particles
chronic infiltration
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Peripheral giant cell
granuloma
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Hyperplastic epithelium
ulceration
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Gingival cyst
Localized, marginal& attached
mandibular canine & premolar areas
painless& erodes the bone
Cyst developers from odontogenic epithelium
Histopathology
flattened, localized thickening of epithelium
Other benign tumors- Nevus, Myoblastoma,
hemangioma, neurilemmoma, neurofibroma,
ameloblastoma
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2).Malignant tumors
Carcinomas
3% of all malignant tumors in the body.
squamous cell carcinoma- common
clinical features
Exophytic, irregular growth, ulcerative,
flat, erosive lesions
symptomless initially then painful
invades the bone
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Malignant melanoma
site - hard palate& maxillary gingiva
localized pigmentation
flat or nodular
rapid growth with early metastasis
arises from melanocytes from the gingiva
Sarcoma
Fibrosarcoma, lymphosarcoma&
reticulum cell sarcoma of gingiva
Kaposi’s sarcoma.
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FALSE ENLARGEMENT
Not true enlargement but appear as an
increase in size of underlying osseous or
dental tissues.
A). Underlying osseous lesions
Enlargement of bone - exostosis or tori
paget’s disease, fibrous dysplasia,
cherubism, central giant cell granuloma,
ameloblastoma osteoma, osteosarcoma.
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B). Underlying dental tissues
during stages of eruption particularly
primary dentition
labial gingiva- bulbous marginal distortion
Enlargement called developmental
enlargement
& persists until junctional epithelium has
migrated enamel to CEJ
Physiologic
complicated by marginal inflammation
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