Management of pyogenic granuloma in pediatric patients using electrocautery–Case reports

Abstract

The oral pyogenic granuloma, a tumor-like growth is a non-specific infection and considered being nonneoplastic in nature with various clinical and histopathological forms. It occurs mainly in the second decade of life in young individuals and rarely causes significant alveolar bone loss. The present article describes the management of pyogenic granuloma by electrosurgery in a 10-year-old male child and an 11-year-old female child. Keywords: Pyogenic granuloma, Gingival hyperplasia, Hyperactive lesion.