Amlodipine‐induced gingival enlargement

The three most common classes of medications implicated in drug‐induced gum enlargement are anticonvulsives, calcineurin inhibitors, and calcium channel blockers. Treatment primarily consists of withdrawing the offending agent whenever possible, in addition to maintaining good oral hygiene. Gingivec...

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Autores principales: Koratala, Abhilash, Jamalpur, Indirakshi, Mogili, Harikrishna Reddy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1132
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author Koratala, Abhilash
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description The three most common classes of medications implicated in drug‐induced gum enlargement are anticonvulsives, calcineurin inhibitors, and calcium channel blockers. Treatment primarily consists of withdrawing the offending agent whenever possible, in addition to maintaining good oral hygiene. Gingivectomy or flap surgery may be needed in resistant cases.
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spelling pubmed-56282042017-10-12 Amlodipine‐induced gingival enlargement Koratala, Abhilash Jamalpur, Indirakshi Mogili, Harikrishna Reddy Clin Case Rep Clinical Images The three most common classes of medications implicated in drug‐induced gum enlargement are anticonvulsives, calcineurin inhibitors, and calcium channel blockers. Treatment primarily consists of withdrawing the offending agent whenever possible, in addition to maintaining good oral hygiene. Gingivectomy or flap surgery may be needed in resistant cases. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5628204/ /pubmed/29026579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1132 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Amlodipine‐induced gingival enlargement
title Amlodipine‐induced gingival enlargement
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title_short Amlodipine‐induced gingival enlargement
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1132
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