Dentistry

at a Glance

Elizabeth Kay

Multiple Choice: Chapter 86 Benign swellings in the oral cavity

Question 1. A 25-year-old pregnant subject in her first trimester presents with recurrent bleeding associated with a soft lump on the facial gingival in the upper canine region. Your provisional diagnosis is a pyogenic granuloma. Which one of the following is the most appropriate management option?

A Conservative management until parturition
B Prescribe antibiotics and review
C Refer to her gynaecologist
D Remove the lesion with a surgical scalpel
E Remove the lesion with an electrocautery