gingival overgrowth
MONDO:0002507Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names gingival overgrowth yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Excessive growth of the gingiva either by an increase in the size of the constituent cells (gingival hypertrophy) or by an increase in their number (gingival hyperplasia). (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p574)
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0002507), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (3)
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: gingival overgrowth
- Also called
- gingival enlargement