Inflammatory Fibrous Hyperplasia: A Study of 119 Cases

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of Inflammatory Fibrous Hyperplasia (IFH), and its association with gender, age, denture use duration, location and involvement of dentures. Material and Methods: This study was carried on 119 patients with complaints of IFH due to various prosthetics reasons. Data such as gender, age, denture wearing period, patient complaints, location of the lesions were analyzed statistically. Results: Of the 119 analyzed cases of IFH, 31.9% occured in men, and 68.1% in women. The frequency of IFH in the age group of 60 to 80 years was higher than in the age group of 40 to 60 years (68.1%-31.9%). When the denture wearing period increased, the incidence of lesions were also increased. The incidence of IFH was higher in the maxilla than in the mandible (53.8% - 46.2%). Most IFH lesions were located in the anterior and antero-posterior region of the jaws (48.7% - 47.1%). Conclusion: After prosthetic applications, patients should be informed by their physicians about soft tissue reactions such as IFH. Otherwise, several insidious complications may develop and cause damage to the patients’ oral tissues. Periodic controls will be effective for the prevention of this type of lesion.