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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CCN2: a potential contributor to gingival overgrowth.
Journal of Oral BiosciencesBACKGROUND Fibrotic responses in the gingiva are characterized by their hyperproliferative nature instead of scar tissue formation. Clinically, these conditions appear as "gingival overgrowth" (GO), which can be of drug-induced or genetic origin. Despite
A. Fadl, A. Leask
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Phenytoin- and amlodipine-induced gingival overgrowth
Journal of Dental Sciences, 2012 Drug-induced gingival overgrowth is an adverse event associated with three types of drugs, i.e., anticonvulsants, immunosuppressants, and calcium-channel blockers.
Ching-Wen Chang +2 more
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Dysbiosis by neutralizing commensal mediated inhibition of pathobionts [PDF]
, 2016 Dysbiosis in the periodontal microbiota is associated with the development of periodontal diseases. Little is known about the initiation of dysbiosis.
Bernaerts, Kristel +6 more
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Hereditary gingival fibromatosis : characteristics and treatment approach [PDF]
, 2017 Hereditary gingival fibromatosis (HGF) is a rare disorder characterized by a benign, non-hemorrhagic, fibrous gingival overgrowth that can appear in isolation or as part of a syndrome.
Almiñana Pastor, Pedro J. +3 more
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Management of Gingival Overgrowth During Orthodontic Treatment Using a Blue Laser: A Case Report [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Blue laser‐assisted management of gingival overgrowth demonstrated excellent healing with minimal postoperative scarring, along with reduced pain and bleeding, and a relatively shorter surgical time. Despite a partial relapse observed after 3 months, this incisional intervention facilitated the orthodontist's ability to achieve a more ...
Assaf R, Hamadah O.
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Unusual presentation of localized gingival enlargement associated with a slow-growing odontogenic myxoma [PDF]
, 2014 Unusual presentation of localized gingival enlargement associated with a subjacent tumoural pathology is reported. The patient was a 55-year-old black male, whose chief complaint was a progressive gingival overgrowth for more than ten years, in the ...
Brunet i Llobet, Lluís +4 more
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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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Conflation of gingival overgrowth and schwannoma [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2014 The authors describe a seminal case report of a 10-year-old boy with enlarged gingivae in relation to his maxillary anterior teeth. The lesion, provisionally diagnosed as idiopathic gingival enlargement, was completely excised and divided into two sections.
Parth, Purwar +3 more
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