Which of the following may create gingival deformities that require gingivoplasty to eliminate the defects?

 # Which of the following may create gingival deformities that require gingivoplasty to eliminate the defects?

A. Erosive linchen planus 

B. Desquamative gingivitis 

C. Acute herpetic gingivostomatitis 

D. Necrotising ulcerative gingivitis 

The correct answer is D. Necrotising ulcerative gingivitis.

■ Shelf-like gingival margins after healing may result in plaque accumulation. 

■ The gingiva is reshaped with periodontal knife or with electrosurgery. This process of eliminating the defects by reshaping is called as gingivoplasty. 

■ Gingival deformities are seen in gingival disease:  (Asked in AIIMS 1999) (ANUG) 

Surgical procedure for severe tissue destruction in ANUG infection is:  (Asked in COMED 2011) (Reshaping the gingiva, Gingivoplasty)