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Review
. 2005 Jan;49(1):223-40, x.
doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2004.07.001.

Common benign oral soft tissue masses

Tara Esmeili  1 , Francina Lozada-Nur, Joel Epstein
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Review

Common benign oral soft tissue masses

Tara Esmeili et al. Dent Clin North Am. 2005 Jan.

Abstract

This article reviews some of the more common benign oral soft tissue masses with emphasis on their etiology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, histopathology, and treatment. These lesions include traumatic fibroma, mucocele, warts/papilloma, pyogenic granuloma, peripheral giant cell granuloma, generalized gingival hyperplasia, gingival fibromatosis, lateral periodontal cyst, lipoma, and denture-induced hyperplasia.

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