Abstract
The patient was an 8 year 5 month old female child who had gingival hypertrophy and odontoparallaxia.
As for the oral findings, gingival hypertrophy was found on the permanent teeth. The tone of the gingiva was normal and had a hard elasticity on the upper incisal labial area.
The pathologic findings were as follows; the investing epithelium showed thickening, cornification and multiplication on the irregular epithelial protuberance. Cell components were sparse under the epithelium. The collagen fibrils showed thickening, fibrous bands and reticulo fibers. In addition, inflamation was observed as a cellular infiltration. Because this disease has an autosomal dominant gene and there are reports of recurrence, it is important to observe these cases rather carefully and over along period of time.
