Prasad Sunkara Shree Ramalinga, Radharani Chitturi, Sinha Soumya, Kumar Sv Kiran
Department of Periodontics, Drs Sudha and Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, India.
J Contemp Dent Pract. 2012 Nov 1;13(6):892-6. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1248.
Hereditary gingival enlargement also known as gingivitis or familial elephantiasis is a rare type of gingival enlargement. It appears as an isolated autosomal dominant disorder or maybe associated with other conditions. Oral manifestations may vary from minimal involvement of only tuberosity area and the buccal gingiva around the lower molars to a generalized enlargement inhibiting eruption of the teeth. This paper discusses the case of a 13-year-old female patient with distinctive facial characteristics who presented to the department with a chief complaint of swollen gums since 1 year. She had severe diffuse gingival enlargement of the maxilla and mandible. Diagnosis was made based upon clinical examination and family history. Quadrant wise internal bevel gingivectomy procedure was done for the patient to restore her functional and esthetic needs.
遗传性牙龈肥大也称为龈炎或家族性象皮病，是一种罕见的牙龈肥大类型。它表现为一种孤立的常染色体显性疾病，或者可能与其他病症相关。口腔表现可能从仅结节区域和下颌磨牙周围颊侧牙龈的轻微受累到抑制牙齿萌出的广泛性肥大不等。本文讨论了一名13岁女性患者的病例，该患者具有独特的面部特征，自1年前以来因牙龈肿胀为主诉前来就诊。她的上颌和下颌出现严重的弥漫性牙龈肥大。根据临床检查和家族史做出诊断。为该患者进行了象限性内斜切口牙龈切除术，以满足其功能和美观需求。
