See also
Sternal cleft
List of cutaneous conditions

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However, treatment is necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle. If left untreated
The following can occur if left untreated:

Too much gingiva exposure

Oral morbidity

Chronic infection of areas between the gums and teeth, or at the gum line

various degrees of Periodontitis - most likely due to the inability and difficulty of keeping the gingival margin and surrounding tissue clean due to the overgrowth

Improper tooth eruption and/or complete prevention of tooth eruption as a result of too much gingiva exposure

Systemic every-day troubles including functional and aesthetic problems of the mouth

Malocclusion

Treatment
Most recent methods of treatment take the form of surgeries such as oral prophylaxis, followed by post-surgical therapies to monitor, provide proper oral hygiene, and correct the deformity. Although, the nature of recurrence post-treatment is virtually unknown, let alone what type of treatment is most effective for HGF. (SOURCE 2) In some cases, there is re-growth after surgical removal of the excess gingival tissues, in others there is minimal. No cases yet have shown any particular treatment or form of medicine to permanently remove HGF.One type of procedure that can be executed is as follows: Removal of excess tissue under anesthesia through an internal bevel gingivectomy or undisplaced flap followed by gingivoplasty and continuous sling suture placements and periodontal dressing; after about a week of recovery after the surgery, remove sutures and periodically do observational evaluations to look for any signs of re-occurrence. Recent research
Some researchers suggest that HGF is transmitted as a Mendelian trait since both autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive transmission has been reported since the early 1970s.