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Crocker and Hartzell’s disease – Report of two cases with literature review
Author(s) -
GV Sowmya,
Suveet Mathur
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of oral medicine oral surgery oral pathology and oral radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2395-6194
pISSN - 2395-6186
DOI - 10.18231/j.jooo.2019.022
Subject(s) - pregnancy , pyogenic granuloma , medicine , tongue , irritation , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , hyperplasia , gestation , pathology , dentistry , dermatology , lesion , biology , immunology , genetics , botany , genus
Pregnancy tumor is a tissue overgrowth which usually advances as a reaction to irritation and trauma that is typically localized. Nevertheless gingiva is supposed to be the dominant site, it also can occur on tongue, lip, and buccal mucosa. Pregnancy does not form the basis for the ailment, but changed tissues metabolic rate in pregnancy stresses the retort to the native irritants, thereby generating gingival overgrowths. It is commonly seen in first trimester of gestation. The present article reports two cases with pregnancy tumor in relation to anterior mandible.

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