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Volume 38 , Issue 1
January/February 2018
Pages 137–140

Pigmentation on Gingiva: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Nilofar Badshah Attar, BDS, MDS/Bindya Gupta, BDS/Atul Deshmukh, BDS, MS/Saquib Shahabe, BDS, MS/Sameer Zope, BDS, MS/Yogesh Waykole, BDS, MS

PMID: 29240216
DOI: 10.11607/prd.3234

Pigmentation on gingiva can be physiologic or pathologic. Gingival pigmentation is present from birth in certain individuals. However, sudden occurrence of pigmentation suggests some systemic association. In the present case, a patient was referred by a physician for biopsy of the tissue along with gingival depigmentation. The depigmentation procedure was performed in both arches, and the biopsy specimen was sent for histopathologic examination. This case highlights the importance of biopsy of gingival pigmentation with a history of sudden occurrence. A biopsy is warranted to distinguish pathologic pigmentation from physiologic.

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