Nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement: Correlation with dose and oral hygiene

Gingival enlargement is a common finding in a routine dental practice. Though it has many etiological factors, enlargement due to drugs which are administered to treat the systemic problems is of major concern which needs attention. Here, we present a case of nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement...

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Autores principales: Sunil, Paramel Mohan, Nalluswami, Jai Sanghar, Sanghar, Suman Jai, Joseph, Issac
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Dental Science - Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3467881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23066250
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.100268
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author Sunil, Paramel Mohan
Nalluswami, Jai Sanghar
Sanghar, Suman Jai
Joseph, Issac
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description Gingival enlargement is a common finding in a routine dental practice. Though it has many etiological factors, enlargement due to drugs which are administered to treat the systemic problems is of major concern which needs attention. Here, we present a case of nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement and discuss the reason for the enlargement.
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spelling pubmed-34678812012-10-12 Nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement: Correlation with dose and oral hygiene Sunil, Paramel Mohan Nalluswami, Jai Sanghar Sanghar, Suman Jai Joseph, Issac J Pharm Bioallied Sci Dental Science - Case Report Gingival enlargement is a common finding in a routine dental practice. Though it has many etiological factors, enlargement due to drugs which are administered to treat the systemic problems is of major concern which needs attention. Here, we present a case of nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement and discuss the reason for the enlargement. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3467881/ /pubmed/23066250 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.100268 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences 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.
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Sunil, Paramel Mohan
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Nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement: Correlation with dose and oral hygiene
title Nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement: Correlation with dose and oral hygiene
title_full Nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement: Correlation with dose and oral hygiene
title_fullStr Nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement: Correlation with dose and oral hygiene
title_full_unstemmed Nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement: Correlation with dose and oral hygiene
title_short Nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement: Correlation with dose and oral hygiene
title_sort nifedipine-induced gingival enlargement: correlation with dose and oral hygiene
topic Dental Science - Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3467881/
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