Background: Amlodipine is a third-generation dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker used to treat hypertension and angina. Gingival hyperplasia (GH) is an unwanted side effect associated with this therapy. It causes unsatisfactory esthetics, difficulty in maintaining good oral hygiene, abnormal tooth movement, and difficulty in mastication. GH can be managed by nonsurgical therapy alone or using a combination of nonsurgical and surgical therapy. Case Report: A 55-year-old female patient came to the clinical department of periodontology, University Hospital of Rabat, with a chief complaint of gingival enlargement. It was diagnosed and initially managed by nonsurgical periodontal treatment. Drug substitution and surgical intervention were ex...
Introduction: gingival hyperplasia is a result of administration from some anticonvulsant drugs, imm...
Gingival overgrowth (GO) is among one of the most important clinical features of gingival pathology ...
Gingival enlargement is a very common side effect associated with the administration of several drug...
Amlodipine is a third generation dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker that is frequently used in ...
Gingival overgrowth is frequently observed in patients taking certain drugs such as calcium channel ...
Background: Amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, used as an antihypertensive drug has been uncommo...
Copyright © 2015 Verica Pavlic et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative ...
PosterObjective: The objective of this clinical case presentation is to help dental hygienist recogn...
Gingival enlargement is a well recognized unwanted effect associated mainly with anticonvulsant drug...
Drug-influenced gingival overgrowth (DIGO) is an important clinical fi nding. A number of local and ...
Abstract Antihypertensive drugs in the calcium channel blocker group are extensively used in elderly...
Drug-induced gingival overgrowth or enlargement is an abnormal growth of the gingiva due to an adver...
Gingival overgrowth, or gingival hyperplasia is the hypertrophy of periodontium caused by local syst...
Calcium channel blockers have been implicated throughout literature for gingival hyperplasia around ...
Gingival overgrowth represents an over-exuberant response to a variety of local and systemic conditi...
Introduction: gingival hyperplasia is a result of administration from some anticonvulsant drugs, imm...
Gingival overgrowth (GO) is among one of the most important clinical features of gingival pathology ...
Gingival enlargement is a very common side effect associated with the administration of several drug...
Amlodipine is a third generation dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker that is frequently used in ...
Gingival overgrowth is frequently observed in patients taking certain drugs such as calcium channel ...
Background: Amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, used as an antihypertensive drug has been uncommo...
Copyright © 2015 Verica Pavlic et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative ...
PosterObjective: The objective of this clinical case presentation is to help dental hygienist recogn...
Gingival enlargement is a well recognized unwanted effect associated mainly with anticonvulsant drug...
Drug-influenced gingival overgrowth (DIGO) is an important clinical fi nding. A number of local and ...
Abstract Antihypertensive drugs in the calcium channel blocker group are extensively used in elderly...
Drug-induced gingival overgrowth or enlargement is an abnormal growth of the gingiva due to an adver...
Gingival overgrowth, or gingival hyperplasia is the hypertrophy of periodontium caused by local syst...
Calcium channel blockers have been implicated throughout literature for gingival hyperplasia around ...
Gingival overgrowth represents an over-exuberant response to a variety of local and systemic conditi...
Introduction: gingival hyperplasia is a result of administration from some anticonvulsant drugs, imm...
Gingival overgrowth (GO) is among one of the most important clinical features of gingival pathology ...
Gingival enlargement is a very common side effect associated with the administration of several drug...