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Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract This narrative review summarizes the collective knowledge on periodontal microbiology, through a historical timeline that highlights the European contribution in the global field. The etiological concepts on periodontal disease culminate to the ecological plaque hypothesis and its dysbiosis‐centered interpretation.
Georgios N. Belibasakis +5 more
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Using saliva nitrite and nitrate levels as a biomarker for drug induced gingival overgrowth
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2015 Aim: Drug-induced gingival overgrowth has a multifactorial nature and the pathogenesis is still uncertain. It has been suggested that Nitric Oxide (NO) might play a role in the pathogenesis of drug-induced gingival overgrowth due to the contribution of ...
Erkan eSukuroglu +3 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi +5 more
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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2016 Gingival overgrowth occurs as a side effect of systemic medication with immunosuppressant cyclosporine A (CsA). Slug, a master regulator of epithelial–mesenchymal transition, is dramatically upregulated in a variety of fibrotic diseases.
Chung-Hung Tsai +5 more
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Supra and subgingival application of antiseptics or antibiotics during periodontal therapy
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Periodontal diseases (gingivitis and periodontitis) are characterized by inflammatory processes which arise as a result of disruption of the balance in the oral ecosystem. According to the current S3 level clinical practice guidelines, therapy of patients with periodontitis involves a stepwise approach that includes the control of the patient ...
Elena Figuero +5 more
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Localized Longstanding Chronic Inflammatory Gingival Overgrowth - A Case Report
King Khalid University Journal of Health Sciences, 2016 We report a young patient who presented with longstanding gingival swelling. Based on the clinical, radiological, and histopathology findings following excision, a diagnosis of localized longstanding chronic inflammatory gingival overgrowth was made ...
Shankar T. Gokhale +4 more
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Periodontitis and metabolic diseases (diabetes and obesity): Tackling multimorbidity
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are multifactorial, long‐term, chronic conditions that represent a burden to health‐care systems worldwide as they can only be controlled rather than cured; hence, they require long‐term care. With the exponential increase in NCDs, the occurrence of individuals presenting with more than one chronic disease is ...
Crystal Marruganti +2 more
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Treatment and two-year follow-up of a patient with hereditary gingival fibromatosis
Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology, 2011 Hereditary gingival fibromatosis is a rare disorder characterized by various degrees of attached gingival overgrowth. Gingival fibromatosis usually develops as an isolated disorder but can be one feature of a syndrome.
Abhinav Bansal +3 more
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Phenytoin-sodium induced gingival overgrowth [PDF]
, 1984 Magister Chirurgiae Dentium (MChD)Epilepsy is a fairly common condition and the anti-convulsant drug, phenytoin sodium, has been used in its treatment for over 40 years.
Radomsky, Jack Bernard
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CORRELATION OF BLOOD LEVELS OF CYCLOSPORINE AND IT'S METABOLITES AND LOCAL FACTORS WITH GINGIVAL OVERGROWTH IN IRANIAN RENAL ALLOGRAFT PATIENTS [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 1997 Forty renal allograft patients with three months under immunosuppression by cycloserine were examined for their gingival overgrowth and it's correlation with several parameters including the trough levels of blood cyclosporine and it's ...
M. Sahebjamee . +4 more
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