GINGIVAL Flashcards
‼️‼️‼️BE‼️‼️ 📌Soft tissue variant of CGCG 📌Reactive lesion 📌Seen exclusively in the gingiva & edentulous ridge 📌Arises to the periosteum or PDL 📌Mandible 📌Females
PGCG / Giant Cell Epulis
May or may not be seen in radiograph
in the edentulous ridge , superficial cup- shaped radiolucency
Rx of PGCG/ Giant cell Epulis
Microscopic / Histopath
📌Fibroblasts
📌 Multinucleated Giant Cells (osteoclast-like)
📌Well- vascularized stroma
PGCG (Giant Cell Epulis)
Tx of PGCG/ Giant Cell Epulis
Surgical excision up to the periosteum & PDL
Remove soucrce of irritation
DDX. PGCG/ Giant Cell Epulis
Pyogenic Granuloma
Reactive lesion
Pregnancy tumor
Female
Not seen in the radiograph
Pyogenic Granuloma
Microscopic / Histopath Pyogenic Granuloma
📌Hyperplastic Granulation tissue & many capillaries
Tx of Pyogenic Granuloma
📌 Surgical Excision up to the periosteum & PDL
📌Remove source of irritation
DDX. of Pyogenic Granuloma
PGCG