Abstract
Eleven cases of epulis in deciduous dentition were investigated climico-histopathologically in patients who were examined at the Pedodontic Clinic of Niigata University Dental Hospital during the 13 years from 1979 to 1992.
The results obtained were as follows:
1. The patients consisted of five males and six females, and the ages of the patients ranged from 9 months to 5 years 7 months.
2. Five patients came with tumor of the gingiva as their chief complaints.
3. The period from the time epulis was noticed to the first visit to our clinic was within one year.
4. Eight cases occurred in the maxilla and three in the mandible. They were all in the area of incisors. Six cases were on the labial side, three on the palatal side and two on both labial and lingual sides.
5. The size of all epulis was smaller than 1 cm in diameter.
6. Histopathologically, two cases were epulis granulomatosa, seven cases epulis fibrosa, one case epulis osteoplastica and two cases congenital leiomyomatous hamartoma.
