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Management of amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement: Series of three cases
Gingival enlargement is one of the side effects associated with certain drugs. Amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, used as antihypertensive drug has been found associated with gingival hyperplasia. This case series presents diagnosis and management of amlodipine-induced gingival hyperplasia. Amlo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118083/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731258 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.76931 |
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author | Srivastava, Amit Kumar Kundu, Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, Prasanta Pal, Asit Kumar |
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description | Gingival enlargement is one of the side effects associated with certain drugs. Amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, used as antihypertensive drug has been found associated with gingival hyperplasia. This case series presents diagnosis and management of amlodipine-induced gingival hyperplasia. Amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement was diagnosed and managed by thorough scaling and root planning. Drug substitution and surgical intervention was performed in first two cases. The pathogenesis of gingival enlargement is uncertain and the treatment is still largely limited to the maintenance of an improved level of oral hygiene and surgical removal of the overgrown tissue. Several factors may influence the relationship between the drugs and gingival tissues as discussed by Seymour et al. Meticulous oral hygiene maintenance, switchover to alternative drug, professional scaling and root planning and surgical excision of enlarged gingival tissue may help overcome the effect of these drugs. |
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spelling | pubmed-31180832011-06-30 Management of amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement: Series of three cases Srivastava, Amit Kumar Kundu, Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, Prasanta Pal, Asit Kumar J Indian Soc Periodontol Case Report Gingival enlargement is one of the side effects associated with certain drugs. Amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker, used as antihypertensive drug has been found associated with gingival hyperplasia. This case series presents diagnosis and management of amlodipine-induced gingival hyperplasia. Amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement was diagnosed and managed by thorough scaling and root planning. Drug substitution and surgical intervention was performed in first two cases. The pathogenesis of gingival enlargement is uncertain and the treatment is still largely limited to the maintenance of an improved level of oral hygiene and surgical removal of the overgrown tissue. Several factors may influence the relationship between the drugs and gingival tissues as discussed by Seymour et al. Meticulous oral hygiene maintenance, switchover to alternative drug, professional scaling and root planning and surgical excision of enlarged gingival tissue may help overcome the effect of these drugs. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3118083/ /pubmed/21731258 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.76931 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Srivastava, Amit Kumar Kundu, Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, Prasanta Pal, Asit Kumar Management of amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement: Series of three cases |
title | Management of amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement: Series of three cases |
title_full | Management of amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement: Series of three cases |
title_fullStr | Management of amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement: Series of three cases |
title_full_unstemmed | Management of amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement: Series of three cases |
title_short | Management of amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement: Series of three cases |
title_sort | management of amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement: series of three cases |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118083/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731258 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.76931 |
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