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Spring 2005: Volume 29, Number 3
 
Pediatric Oral Pathology

Gingival fibrous hamartoma associated with natal teeth
Luciana Butini Oliveira / Tereza Keiko Tamay / Marcia Turolla Wanderley / Célia Regina Martins Delgado Rodrigues / Carlos Augusto Galvão Barboza / Suzana Orsini Machado de Souza

A variety of gingival enlargements can occur in children, but they are rarely observed in the infant.The aim of this study is to present a case of a ten-month old male patient, with an anterior mandibular hamartoma associated to natal teeth, and to describe the clinical and histological characteristics of this anomaly and the treatment performed.
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