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  2. Hereditary gingival fibromatosis - Wikipedia

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    HGF is characterized as a benign, slowly progressive, nonhemorrhagic, fibrous enlargement of keratinized gingiva. It can cover teeth in various degrees, and can lead to aesthetic disfigurement. [2] Fibrous enlargement is most common in areas of maxillary and mandibular tissues of both arches in the mouth. [1]

  3. Fibrous dysplasia of bone - Wikipedia

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    Fibrous dysplasia is a very rare [2] nonhereditary genetic disorder where normal bone and marrow is replaced with fibrous tissue, resulting in formation of bone that is weak and prone to expansion. As a result, most complications result from fracture , deformity, functional impairment, pain, and the impingement of nerves. [ 3 ]

  4. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva - Wikipedia

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    Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (/ ˌ f aɪ b r oʊ d ɪ ˈ s p l eɪ ʒ (i) ə ɒ ˈ s ɪ f ɪ k æ n z p r ə ˈ ɡ r ɛ s ɪ v ə /; [1] abbr. FOP), also called Münchmeyer disease or formerly myositis ossificans progressiva, is an extremely rare connective tissue disease in which fibrous connective tissue such as muscle, tendons, and ligaments turn into bone tissue (ossification).

  5. At 15, tumors started growing into man’s skull. Surgery to ...

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    Ido Simyoni has fibrous dysplasia, a rare condition where tumors form in bone. He needed 2 surgeries to reconstruct his forehead, prevent infection. At 15, tumors started growing into man’s skull.

  6. Oral submucous fibrosis - Wikipedia

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    The fibroblasts are phenotypically modified, and the fibers they form are more stable, produce thicker bundles that progressively become less elastic. once the original loosely arranged fibrous tissue is replaced by the ongoing fibrosis, the movability of the oral tissues is reduced, there is loss of flexibility and reduced opening of the mouth.

  7. Epulis fissuratum - Wikipedia

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    Epulis fissuratum is a benign hyperplasia of fibrous connective tissue which develops as a reactive lesion to chronic mechanical irritation produced by the flange of a poorly fitting denture. [1] More simply, epulis fissuratum is where excess folds of firm tissue form inside the mouth, as a result of rubbing on the edge of dentures that do not ...

  8. Monostotic fibrous dysplasia - Wikipedia

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    Monostotic fibrous dysplasia does not convert into the polyostotic type. When symptoms are present, they often are nonspecific, including pain, swelling, or pathologic fracture. [ 6 ] It most often affects the ribs (28%), proximal femur (23%), tibia , cranio facial bones (10-25%) and humerus (10-25%).

  9. Can't stop chewing ice? What it might reveal about your ... - AOL

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    Chewing ice seems harmless, but dentists generally agree that the habit is really bad for your teeth. “Ice is a very hard substance," Mark Wolff, dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of ...