Irritation Fibroma

Irritation fibroma is also called as traumatic fibroma, focal fibrous hyperplasia, fibrous nodule or oral polyp a kind of scar soft tissue. Usually this tissue grows in buccal mucosa rarely it starts to grow in lips and tongue which causes irritation. It occurs due to the following reasons:
• Lip or cheek biting
• Rubbing rough tooth
• Dental prostheses or Dentures
The color of the fibroma will be same as the mouth liner there are cases where it may be dark if it has a bled. It grows few weeks to reach 1cm in diameter, sometimes it may become larger. Surgical excision for the fibroma is the only treatment required to cure it.