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Idiopathic Gingival Fibromatosis with Periodontitis: A rare case report and literature
Shivani Sachdeva1, Harish Saluja2, Amit Mani1
1 Department of Periodontics, Rural Dental College, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Loni, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of OMFS, Rural Dental College, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Loni, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Shivani Sachdeva,
Department of Periodontics, RDC, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Loni, Rural Dental college Loni, Maharashtra, Ahmednagar
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/jmedsci.jmedsci_165_20
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Idiopathic gingival fibromatosis (IGF) is a hereditary condition with esthetic, functional, and periodontal impairment in patients. It is slowly progressive in nature. The enlargement might be nodular or localized and symmetrical in nature all along the dentition in both the arches and similar gender prediction uniformly. The present case report of IGF in a 21-year-old female patient covering three-fourths of crowns in posterior areas. The gingival enlargement was excised by external bevel gingivectomy along with the use of electrocautery. The gingival fibromatosis can be genetic, hereditary, or drug-influenced covering marginal, papillary or in severe, long-standing cases, it might cover crown of teeth, thus hampering mastication henceforth, functional impairment. The prognosis is uncertain, and the recurrence of risk is high.
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