Cyclosporine-Induced Gingival Hyperplasia in a Patient With Lichen Planopilaris: Misfortunes Never Come Singly! [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Cyclosporine A constitutes an immunosuppressive medication administered against various autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders as well as against graft versus host disease. Its most well-known oral adverse effect is gingival hyperplasia.
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Antihypertensive treatment with telmisartan in a cat with amlodipine-induced gingival hyperplasia [PDF]
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2017 Case summary Systemic arterial hypertension is commonly reported in middle-aged-to-older cats. Amlodipine is recommended as the initial antihypertensive drug in cats.
Lien Desmet, Jeroen van der Meer
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Juvenile Spongiotic Gingival Hyperplasia: Clinicopathological Features of Eight Cases and a Literature Review. [PDF]
Oral Health Prev Dent, 2020 Background: Juvenile spongiotic gingival hyperplasia (JSGH) is a benign proliferation of non-keratinised stratified squamous epithelium with evident spongiosis, exocytosis leukocytes and dilated vessels with varying numbers of inflammatory cells ...
Innocentini LMAR +11 more
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Prevalence and Contributing Factors of Gingival Hyperplasia in Orthodontic Patients
Journal of Gandhara Medical and Dental SciencesOBJECTIVES This study evaluates the prevalence and factors contributing to gingival hyperplasia in orthodontic patients in Peshawar. METHODOLOGY A cross-sectional study was conducted at the teaching dental hospital of Peshawar from January to ...
Zeeshan Danish +5 more
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Phenytoin-induced hypertrichosis and gingival hyperplasia
Annals of Medical Science and Research, 2022 Increased hair growth may be due to hirsutism or hypertrichosis. Hirsutism is the growth of excessive terminal hair in androgen-dependent areas in females, whereas, hypertrichosis is excessive hair growth anywhere in the body in both males and females ...
Pankaj Singhania +6 more
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Drug-Induced Gingival Hyperplasia in a Hypertensive Patient: A Case Report. [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Hypertension is one of the most notorious non-communicable diseases the medical fraternity is dealing with in this decade. A wide array of medications have been included in the treatment regimen, one of which is calcium channel blockers.
Bakshi SS +3 more
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Biology of Drug-Induced Gingival Hyperplasia: In Vitro Study of the Effect of Nifedipine on Human Fibroblasts [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2021 Background: It has been proven that the antihypertensive agent nifedipine can cause gingival overgrowth as a side effect. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of pharmacological treatment with nifedipine on human gingival fibroblasts activity,
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Prioritization of predisposing factors of gingival hyperplasia during orthodontic treatment: the role of amount of biofilm. [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2021 Background The mechanism of gingival growth that may occur during fixed orthodontic treatment is not yet fully understood and the amount of dental plaque is often incriminated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of gingival growth
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Corrigendum to 'Antihypertensive treatment with telmisartan in a cat with amlodipine-induced gingival hyperplasia'. [PDF]
JFMS Open Rep, 2022 europepmc +2 more sources