Diode laser excision of irritation fibroma: A Case Report

Isolated soft tissue enlargements seen in the oral cavity are generally a reactive hyperplasia and rarely neoplastic. Irritation fibroma is a benign tumor of fibrous connective tissue that can be considered a reactionary connective tissue hyperplasia in response to trauma and irritation. It is a gingival lesion of reactive nature with unknown etiology. As the lesion occurs due to continuous trauma and irritation, it important to remove the source of the irritation and then treat it by conservative surgical excision otherwise it will recur. The use of lasers in different dental procedures has become very common. This paper reports a case of Irritation fibroma in a 46 year old female patient on left buccal mucosa which was managed by Diode Laser biopsy and was diagnosed as irritation fibroma after histological analysis.