Crocker and Hartzell’s disease – Report of two cases with literature review

Abstract

Pregnancy tumor is a tissue overgrowth which usually advances as a reaction to irritation and trauma that is typically localized. Nevertheless gingiva is supposed to be the dominant site, it also can occur on tongue, lip, and buccal mucosa. Pregnancy does not form the basis for the ailment, but changed tissues metabolic rate in pregnancy stresses the retort to the native irritants, thereby generating gingival overgrowths. It is commonly seen in first trimester of gestation. The present article reports two cases with pregnancy tumor in relation to anterior mandible.