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Case Reports: Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
Oral irritation fibroma associated with the pathological migration of a primary tooth
  1. Anastasiya Lapitskaya1,
  2. Pau Cahuana-Bartra1,2,
  3. Lluís Brunet-Llobet1,3 and
  4. Jaume Miranda-Rius2,3
  1. 1Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  2. 2Department of Odontostomatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  3. 3Hospital Dentistry, Clinical Orthodontics and Periodontal Medicine Research Group (HDCORPEMrg), Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Professor Jaume Miranda-Rius; jmiranda-rius{at}ub.edu

Abstract

We report the case of a 3-year-old girl referred to our hospital dentistry service, from a public health centre, due to a 4-week-old swelling in the area of the hard palate, causing displacement of the deciduous tooth and the appearance of an interincisal diastema. The clinical characteristics suggested the possibility of a reactive fibroma and we decided to intervene surgically by means of an excisional biopsy. Histology confirmed the presumptive diagnosis. Prompt referral and early surgical care spontaneously favoured both repositioning of the displaced primary tooth and closure of the diastema. This is an infrequent lesion in paediatric patients.

  • dentistry and oral medicine
  • mouth
  • pathology
  • oral and maxillofacial surgery

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2022-249369

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors All authors have made an individual contribution to the writing of the manuscript. PC-B and AL performed the surgical procedure. LB-L and JM-R carried out conception and design of this case report. AL, PC-B, LB-L and JM-R drafted the article and reviewed it critically for important intellectual content.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Case reports provide a valuable learning resource for the scientific community and can indicate areas of interest for future research. They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.