The clinical and pathological symptoms of pregnancy epulis

Abstract

Examination of the oral cavity in 2260 pregnant women revealed 12 cases of pregnancy epulis, an incidence of 0.48%. In 9 of these 12 cases, spontaneous regression and recovery occurred 1-4 months after delivery. Despite the continuous conservative therapy, several surgical interventions were necessary in the remaining 3 pregnant women, due to the large size of the epulis and the bleeding that was difficult to stop. The authors provide a detailed description of the clinical symptoms (bleeding, difficulty of oral closure, loosening and migration of teeth) caused by large, multiple epulis instances during two pregnancies of one woman, together with the surgical interventions, the histopathologic examination and the immunohistochemical characteristics of the epulis.