If you feel a lump in your mouth, you may want to suspect a traumatic fibroma: causes and treatment explained by a dentist near Gaerong Station

Hello.

Gaerong Station Yonsei Dagam Dental Clinic here.

Have you happened to notice some kind of foreign-body sensation in your mouth?

It is not particularly painful, but it is bothersome...

Because it is so vague, you leave it alone, but it seems to have gradually swollen and grown larger, so you start to worry that it might be something serious.

Let’s take a look at a related case and slowly go over the causes and treatment methods.

There is something like a lump on the lip.

Sometimes a problem that the person was not aware of is discovered through a regular checkup.

In most cases, there are no symptoms at the beginning, so people do not notice it and are often surprised when it is found by chance.

This was confirmed to be a traumatic fibroma.

As the name suggests, it often occurs due to trauma.

Here are some common causes explained by Yonsei Dagam Dental Clinic near Gaerong Station.

✔ Habit of biting the inside of the cheek.

✔ Chronic irritation caused by braces or dentures/prosthetics that do not fit well.

✔ When a specific area is continuously irritated due to malocclusion.

When this kind of irritation continues chronically, connective tissue beneath the oral mucosa proliferates,

and a protruding lump may form. So how is it treated?

1. First, local anesthesia is applied to the area.

2. A minimal incision is made only in the lesion area, and that area is excised.

3. The incision is closed with sutures.

Through the process above, the problematic area can be resolved.

After the stitches are removed a week later, you can see that it has healed neatly.

The recovery speed varies depending on the size of the lesion and the patient’s condition, but usually it can heal completely within 1 to 2 weeks, as explained by the dentist near Gaerong Station.

Sometimes we encounter fibromas this large.

In such cases, people sometimes visit an otolaryngology clinic.

At the time they had already been examined by an otolaryngology clinic,

because it was close to the salivary gland opening,

and they were told that if it were removed,

the saliva secretion could be affected, so they were monitoring it,

but because the discomfort continued, they came back for another checkup. What symptoms can occur when this happens? The dentist near Gaerong Station summarized them as follows.

✔ Foreign-body sensation when chewing food.

✔ Interference with oral movement.

✔ If it is large, it may cause speech problems.

✔ Bleeding or ulcer formation due to continuous irritation.

✔ If it occurs on the lip, it can cause cosmetic discomfort.

These symptoms may appear.

The diagnostic result showed that although the size was very large,

it was judged that safe excision would be possible after accurately identifying the location of the salivary gland.

This is the result after removing the fibroma using the process explained earlier.

Because it was fairly large, we allowed about 2 additional weeks of healing time compared with the case shown earlier.

After about 3 weeks of recovery, it was able to heal without any problems with saliva secretion. There are several ways to treat traumatic fibromas.

Like the case shown by the dentist near Gaerong Station, besides excision using a surgical scalpel,

a method using an electrocautery device can also be used for removal.

Each method is selectively applied depending on the fibroma’s size, location, and the patient’s condition.

Whichever method is chosen, the key goal of treatment is

to minimize the incision so that no scar remains.

The oral mucosa has strong healing ability, so after appropriate treatment, it often recovers cleanly without scarring.

Since recurrence is also possible, it is important to block the chronic irritants that caused it.

File down sharp teeth or prosthetics,

adjust prosthetics that do not fit well, and habits such as cheek biting must be corrected.

If you find a strange lump in your mouth, please receive an accurate diagnosis from a specialist.

Most traumatic fibromas are benign,

but in some cases, they need to be differentiated from other types of lesions.

We hope you maintain your oral health through an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

This was Yonsei Dagam Dental Clinic near Gaerong Station.

Thank you.

Treatment period

2023.8.5 – 2023.8.10

2021.1.30-2021.2.19