Deceptive Lesions of Periodontium:
A Case Series
Published: September 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.6575
Deepak Pandiar, Manjusha Pattamparambath, Pranav Vijayan Kalathingal, Shameena Pallikandi Maliyekkal, Amol Nagrale Vijay
1. Research Scholar, Faculty of Dental Sciences, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, UP, India.
2. Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, GDC, Calicut, Kerala, India.
3. Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, GDC, Calicut, Kerala, India.
4. Head of Department, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, GDC, Allapuzha, Kerala, India.
5. General Practitioner, Periodontist and Implantologist, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Deepak Pandiar,
Research Scholar, Faculty of Dental Sciences, IMS, BHU, Varanasi-221005, UP, India.
E-mail : deepakpandiar1923@yahoo.com
Basic pathology of the common appearing diseases of the periodontium are not always common inflammatory reactions. The root cause may be malignant and metastatic lesions. Here, we present unusual causes of these common periodontal lesions. This article also stress upon the importance of histopathological examination of the surgically excised localized gingival swellings which fail to regress after conservative therapy.
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