Peripheral giant cell granuloma associated with a dental implant

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Abstract

A 56-year-old female was referred for a mandibular lesion that had been slowly increasing in size over a six-month period. Intraoral examination revealed a reddish-purple nodule involving the attached vestibular gingiva around a machined surface dental implant that had been placed two years earlier in the mandibular left second premolar region (tooth #20). Another implant was also present in the mandibular left second molar region (18). The lesion was tender and bled easily upon tooth brushing. Radiographs showed an inadequate abutment angulation.