Department of Periodontology, Maratha Mandal’s NGH institute of dental sciences & Research Center, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 16(03), 144-148
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.3.1283
Received on 15 October 2022, revised on 29 November 2022, accepted on 02 December 2022
Giant cell fibroma is relatively new and rare entity, commonly seen in gingiva. It is a benign non-neoplastic lesion of oral cavity. It manifests clinically as a slow-growing, asymptomatic, sessile or pedunculated mass with a maximum diameter of 0.5 to 1 cm. These lesions commonly occurs in young individuals and have no sex predilection. Histopathological findings of giant cell fibroma show a presence of the stellate fibroblasts with multinucleated giant cells. This report is a case of giant cell fibroma, occuring on the right buccal mucosa in a 14 year old female patient. Surgical excision of the lesion was planned using a diode laser followed by photo-biomodulation. Post surgically healing was satisfactory, with no significant scar tissue formation and follow up showed no recurrence of lesion.
Giant cell fibroma; Gingiva; Buccal mucosa; Stellate fibroblasts; Diode laser; Photo-biomodulation
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K. V. Varshitha, Pushpa S Pudakalkatti, Sanjeevini A Hattarki, Akanksha Bhatt and Anisha Jose. Application of diode laser with photobiomodulation in the excision of giant cell fibroma: A case report. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 16(3), 144-148. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.3.1283