Author(s)

Alexandre Simões Garcia, Diego Mauricio Bravo-Calderón, Milena Souza Gomes da Costa, Denise Tostes Oliveira

Department of Stomatology, Area of Pathology, Bauru School of Dentistry, University of S?o Paulo, Bauru, Brazil.
Private Practice, Franca, Brazil.

Oral focal mucinosis is an uncommon non-neoplastic lesion of unknown etiology. We presented a unique case of a sessile, well-demarcated gingival nodule adjacent to the right mandibular first molar of a young girl submitted to orthodontic treatment that was diagnosed as oral focal mucinosis. The probably etiopathogenesis of this lesion in orthodontic patient is discussed.

Mucinosis; Gingival Diseases; Hyaluronic Acid

Garcia, A. , Bravo-Calderón, D. , Costa, M. and Oliveira, D. (2012) Oral focal mucinosis arising on the gingiva of orthodontic patient. Open Journal of Stomatology, 2, 277-279. doi: 10.4236/ojst.2012.24048.