Oral pregnancy tumor

Oral health care in pregnancy is a critical issue which needs to be addressed by the patient, gynecologist and dentist. There are hormonal changes which occur during the pregnancy and leads to changes in oral flora making the oral cavity more susceptible to oral infections and inflammation. Timely r...

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Main Authors: Swet Nisha, Avinash Bettahalli Shivamallu, Usha Hedge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Dental and Allied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.jdas.in/article.asp?issn=2277-4696;year=2018;volume=7;issue=1;spage=47;epage=50;aulast=Nisha
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spelling doaj-e52ca87522c6490a899edd3ac4cc56582020-11-24T20:48:12ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Dental and Allied Sciences2277-46962277-66722018-01-0171475010.4103/jdas.jdas_18_17Oral pregnancy tumorSwet NishaAvinash Bettahalli ShivamalluUsha HedgeOral health care in pregnancy is a critical issue which needs to be addressed by the patient, gynecologist and dentist. There are hormonal changes which occur during the pregnancy and leads to changes in oral flora making the oral cavity more susceptible to oral infections and inflammation. Timely referral by the gynecologist to the dentist can minimize the oral health issues related to pregnancy. Patient education and oral prophylaxis are beneficial for both the patient and fetal care. This case report highlights pregnancy tumor in the second trimester of pregnancy which was excised after parturition due to its persistence.http://www.jdas.in/article.asp?issn=2277-4696;year=2018;volume=7;issue=1;spage=47;epage=50;aulast=NishaInflammatory hyperplasiaOral pregnancy tumorpregnancypyogenic granuloma
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language English
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author Swet Nisha
Avinash Bettahalli Shivamallu
Usha Hedge
spellingShingle Swet Nisha
Avinash Bettahalli Shivamallu
Usha Hedge
Oral pregnancy tumor
Journal of Dental and Allied Sciences
Inflammatory hyperplasia
Oral pregnancy tumor
pregnancy
pyogenic granuloma
author_facet Swet Nisha
Avinash Bettahalli Shivamallu
Usha Hedge
author_sort Swet Nisha
title Oral pregnancy tumor
title_short Oral pregnancy tumor
title_full Oral pregnancy tumor
title_fullStr Oral pregnancy tumor
title_full_unstemmed Oral pregnancy tumor
title_sort oral pregnancy tumor
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Dental and Allied Sciences
issn 2277-4696
2277-6672
publishDate 2018-01-01
description Oral health care in pregnancy is a critical issue which needs to be addressed by the patient, gynecologist and dentist. There are hormonal changes which occur during the pregnancy and leads to changes in oral flora making the oral cavity more susceptible to oral infections and inflammation. Timely referral by the gynecologist to the dentist can minimize the oral health issues related to pregnancy. Patient education and oral prophylaxis are beneficial for both the patient and fetal care. This case report highlights pregnancy tumor in the second trimester of pregnancy which was excised after parturition due to its persistence.
topic Inflammatory hyperplasia
Oral pregnancy tumor
pregnancy
pyogenic granuloma
url http://www.jdas.in/article.asp?issn=2277-4696;year=2018;volume=7;issue=1;spage=47;epage=50;aulast=Nisha
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