1997 Volume 50 Issue 8 Pages 465-469
Twenty-two cases of canine epulides, fibrous (10 cases), granulomatous (7 cases), fibromatous (4 cases), and acanthomatous (1 case), were epizootologically and histopathologically investigated. There was no predisposition in canine breeds and sexes (9 males and 10 females), and most cases were of adult dogs (8.3 years of age on average). The lesions were mostly localizd around the anterior teeth (11 cases), or the posterior teeth (9 cases), occuring on the labial or buccal side of gingiva except for one case on the palatal side. Ossification was noted in 6 of 22 cases.
