Drug-Induced Gingival Overgrowth: A Pilot Study on the Effect of Diphenylhydantoin and Gabapentin on Human Gingival Fibroblasts. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 Introduction. The administration of several classes of drugs can lead to the onset of gingival overgrowth: anticonvulsants, immunosuppressants, and calcium channel blockers.
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Initial periodontal therapy for seven patients with aplastic anemia and drug-induced gingival overgrowth: a case series report [PDF]
BMC Oral HealthBackground Patients with aplastic anemia are at increased risk of bleeding, which often limits conventional periodontal treatment. Although drug-induced gingival overgrowth is well-documented, its management in this high-risk population has not been ...
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Drug-Induced Gingival Overgrowth: The Effect of Cyclosporin A and Mycophenolate Mophetil on Human Gingival Fibroblasts. [PDF]
Biomedicines, 2020 Drug-induced gingival overgrowth may occur after a chronic administration of three classes of systemic drugs: Anticonvulsants, immunosuppressants, and calcium channel blockers. This study aimed to investigate how cyclosporin A and mycophenolate mophetil (
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Amlodipine-induced gingival overgrowth
Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology, 2009 Gingival overgrowth represents an over-exuberant response to a variety of local and systemic conditions. Certain anticonvulsants, immuno-suppressive drugs and a number of calcium channel blockers have been shown to produce similar gingival overgrowths in
Triveni M, Rudrakshi C, Mehta D
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Periodontal Management of Cyclosporin A-Induced Gingival Overgrowth: A Nonsurgical Approach
Case Reports in Dentistry, 2019 Gingival overgrowth is a major and frequent unwanted effect accompanying the chronic usage of antihypertensive, anticonvulsant, and immunosuppressant drugs.
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Efficacy of AZM therapy in patients with gingival overgrowth induced by Cyclosporine A: a systematic review [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2008 Background In daily clinical practice of a dental department it's common to find gingival overgrowth (GO) in periodontal patients under treatment with Cyclosporine A (CsA).
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Gingival overgrowth in fixed orthodontic therapy. [PDF]
Rom J Morphol EmbryolThe oral mucosa can suffer a series of traumatic injuries from various causes (bacterial plaque, tartar, fillings, incorrectly adapted prosthesis). A risk factor generating periodontal diseases is represented by fixed orthodontic therapy, if the forces exerted on it are excessive.
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Cyclosporine A Causes Gingival Overgrowth by Promoting Entry into the S Phase at the G1/S Cell Cycle Checkpoint in Gingival Fibroblasts Exposed to Lipopolysaccharide [PDF]
DiseasesObjectives: Cyclosporine A promotes gingival fibrosis by enhancing the proliferation of gingival fibroblasts, leading to gingival overgrowth. The population of gingival fibroblasts is regulated by cell cycle machinery, which balances cell growth and ...
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Gingival overgrowth during orthodontic treatment and its management. [PDF]
Pan Afr Med J, 2022 Rathod AD, Jaiswal P.
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Idiopathic gingival fibromatosis with massive gingival overgrowth: A rare case report.
J Indian Soc Periodontol, 2020 Idiopathic gingival overgrowth can present itself as a part of syndrome or as an isolated entity. This is a case report of a massive gingival enlargement in a 12-year-old female child with nonsyndromic gingival fibromatosis, which was treated by ...
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