Case Report

Volume 2022, Article ID 22154006, 5 pages

Is ignorance a bliss?? Traumatic fibroma: A case report

Arpeet Krantikar1, Praneeta Kamble 2

1 Dental Surgeon, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College, Mumbai 2AssociateProfessor, Department of Periodontics, Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai

Address for Correspondence:

DrArpeet K, MDS,

Dental Surgeon, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics,Government Dental College, Mumbai

Email: arpeetkrantikar@gmail.com

Abstract

Irritation fibroma is an exophytic soft tissue mass in the oral mucosa. Indeed, it is not a real neoplasm but a focal hyperplasia of fibrous connective tissue induced by local trauma or chronic irritation. Irritation fibroma is most commonly prevalent in anterior region and usually associated with interdental papilla. Treatment consists of surgical excision in toto. This case report presents surgical management of a case of traumatic fibroma in relation to lower anteriors.

Keywords:

Irritational fibroma, Traumatic fibroma, gingival growth, soft tissue growth

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

No conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

SOURCE OF FUNDING

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How to cite: Arpeet K et al, Is ignorance bliss? Traumatic fibroma: A case report, Int J Perio Rehab Volume 2022, Article ID 22154006, 5 pages