Dr.Vinayak Thorat- Dental Education on Instagram: "🦷 Likely Diagnosis: 👉 Pregnancy Tumor (aka Pyogenic Granuloma / Lobular Capillary Hemangioma) 🔍 What is it? A benign, vascular, inflammatory gingival growth commonly seen in pregnant patients. Despite the scary look, it is NOT cancer ❌ and NOT an infection ❌. 🤰 Why is it seen in pregnancy? Because of hormonal changes: • ↑ Estrogen & Progesterone 🧬 • These hormones: • Increase vascularity • Increase inflammatory response • Exaggerate reactio
Dr.Vinayak Thorat- Dental Education on Instagram: "🦷 Likely Diagnosis: 👉 Pregnancy Tumor (aka Pyogenic Granuloma / Lobular Capillary Hemangioma) 🔍 What is it? A benign, vascular, inflammatory gingival growth commonly seen in pregnant patients. Despite the scary look, it is NOT cancer ❌ and NOT an infection ❌. 🤰 Why is it seen in pregnancy? Because of hormonal changes: • ↑ Estrogen & Progesterone 🧬 • These hormones: • Increase vascularity • Increase inflammatory response • Exaggerate reactio
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