The clinical application of partial removal periodontal surgery in the therapy of epulis

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare the clinical effects between traditional surgery and minimally invasive periodontal surgery in the treatment of epulis. METHODS: A total of 33 cases of patients diagnosed with fibrous epulis were randomly divided into traditional surgery group and minimally invasive periodontal surgery group. After the different procedures, several parameters were detected to evaluate the effects of minimally invasive periodontal surgery. RESULTS: Preoperative bleeding index and plaque index, adopt rank, and test showed no significant differences between the 2 groups. After 12 weeks, gingival papilla filling index in experiment group is statistically higher than control group, and shows the statistical differences (P < .05). The width of keratinized gingiva in experiment group grew more than that in control group, and showed the statistical differences (4.68 ± 0.30 vs 3.00 ± 0.28 mm, P < .05). No recurrence of fibrous epulis was found during the subsequent 6 months to 2 years follow-up after the surgeries. CONCLUSION: Minimally invasive periodontal surgery that reserved tumor epithelium could have a better effect than the traditional surgery in the selected patients.