Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: April-June | Volume: 5 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 289-294
Chronic Desquamative Gingivitis: A Case Report
Kousain Sehar1, Nadia Irshad2, Navneet Kour1, Mir Tabish Syeed3, Burhan Altaf Misgar4, Manju Verma2, Hilal Ahmad Hela5
1MDS Dept of Periodontology and Implantology, BRS Dental College and Hospital Sultanpur Panchkula.
2MDS Dept of Paedontics and Preventive Dentistry, BRS Dental College and Hospital Sultanpur Panchkula.
3MDS Dept of Paedontics and Preventive Dentistry, Swami Devi Dayal Hospital and Dental College, Barwala, Panchkula.
4MDS Dept of Paedontics and Preventive Dentistry, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam, Punjab.
5MDS Dept. of Prosthodontics, Govt Dental College and General Hospital, Srinagar.
Corresponding Author: Navneet Kour
ABSTRACT
Desquamative gingivitis is a type of gingival keratinization disorder, characterized by chronic ulceration, desquamative erosions and edematous erythema of the free and attached gingiva. Desquamative gingivitis has been known to be refractory in treatment and only a few cases have been reported. Various etiologic factors are present for the appearance of such lesions. Despite of considering etiology, treatment is often provided by systemic or topical corticosteroids. Since the cause of this condition is still unclear, symptomatic therapy remains the mainstay of treatment. Here, presenting the case of a patient who had moderate periodontitis with chronic desquamative gingivitis.
Keywords: Corticosteroids, Desquamative, Erythema, Periodontitis