Hiperplasia Fibrosa Inflamatoria: Reporte de un caso

ACKGROUND: Inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia associated with the use of removable dental pros-thesis (IFH) is an adaptive lesion caused by long-term trauma exerted by a poorly adapted remo-vable prosthesis on the oral mucosa, usually in the vestibular sulcus. Its diagnosis and treatment is imperative, due to its potential to cause discomfort to the patient, altering aesthetics, phonectics and chewing. CASE REPORTS: A 41-year-old denture wearer woman was referred due to discomfort in the right lower vestibular sulcus, the clinical examination showed a bilobed enlargement with an invagina-tion where the edge of the prosthesis fits, the patient has worn the prosthesis for 15 years. EVOLUTION: Resection with scalpel (conventional technique) was performed. The histopathologi-cal examination reported inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia and a new total removable bimaxillary prosthesis was made for the patient.CONCLUSIONS: HFI is one of the main oral lesions in older adults denture wearers and it causes aes-thetic and functional alterations; it is produced by the constant irritation caused by the settlement of the prosthesis borders on the mucovestibular sulcus as a consequence of alveolar resorption. Treat-ment is meant to eliminate the injury and its etiology; the absence of lesions on the mucosa and the bottom of the sulcus is completely necessary.