It is a vegetative lesion very common in the soft tissues of the maxillary and mandibular mucobuccal fold of edentulous patients.  The affected area is generally inflamed, presents a soft, reddish tissue growth in the shape of one or more elongated rolls occurring parallel to the border of the prosthesis,  on occasion various folds may form; sometimes they might ulcerate, producing pain and easily bleeding.  They are most commonly found in the anterior segment of the mucobuccal fold.  It is provoked by chronic irritation of ill-adapted prosthesis with overextended or broken borders, in this case sharp and cutting.

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