Gestational Gingival growth: Floppy mass in the Oral Cavity.

Abstract

Pyogenic granuloma of the gingiva develops rarely during pregnancy in women which is also known as “Pregnancy Epulis”. The incidence is during the third decade of life and occurring during third trimester of pregnancy. Epulis is more prevalent among women than men though its prevalence is unknown. This lesion matches pyogenic granuloma in all aspects except for the fact that it occurs solely in pregnant females. The frontal part of maxilla is the most common site for Epulis. It causes no symptoms apart from its sheer existence. It has a wide range of etiology that extends from local irritation to traumatic injury. Treatment is excision of this growth with elimination of irritating factors causing this lesion. Here, is an unusual case of pregnancy epulis in a 30 year old pregnant woman.