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Treatment of Gingival Growth Due to Amlodipine Use With a 445-nm Diode Laser: A Case Report
Amlodipine is a widely used calcium channel blocker associated with gingival enlargement. The effects of amlodipine on gingival enlargement vary depending on the duration of drug use and the dose of the active substance. This report presents a 56-year-old male hypertensive patient who had been using...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9845510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36660514 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32592 |
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description | Amlodipine is a widely used calcium channel blocker associated with gingival enlargement. The effects of amlodipine on gingival enlargement vary depending on the duration of drug use and the dose of the active substance. This report presents a 56-year-old male hypertensive patient who had been using amlodipine (5 mg/day orally, single dose) for the last two years. He presented with diffuse gingival enlargement, complaining of gingival swelling and bleeding. This case report demonstrates the treatment of gingival enlargement with a novel 445-nanometer (nm) blue light diode laser after drug change and oral hygiene, which resulted in permanent and satisfactory clinical results. |
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spelling | pubmed-98455102023-01-18 Treatment of Gingival Growth Due to Amlodipine Use With a 445-nm Diode Laser: A Case Report Okumuş, Ömer Faruk Cureus Dentistry Amlodipine is a widely used calcium channel blocker associated with gingival enlargement. The effects of amlodipine on gingival enlargement vary depending on the duration of drug use and the dose of the active substance. This report presents a 56-year-old male hypertensive patient who had been using amlodipine (5 mg/day orally, single dose) for the last two years. He presented with diffuse gingival enlargement, complaining of gingival swelling and bleeding. This case report demonstrates the treatment of gingival enlargement with a novel 445-nanometer (nm) blue light diode laser after drug change and oral hygiene, which resulted in permanent and satisfactory clinical results. Cureus 2022-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9845510/ /pubmed/36660514 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32592 Text en Copyright © 2022, Okumuş et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Dentistry Okumuş, Ömer Faruk Treatment of Gingival Growth Due to Amlodipine Use With a 445-nm Diode Laser: A Case Report |
title | Treatment of Gingival Growth Due to Amlodipine Use With a 445-nm Diode Laser: A Case Report |
title_full | Treatment of Gingival Growth Due to Amlodipine Use With a 445-nm Diode Laser: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Treatment of Gingival Growth Due to Amlodipine Use With a 445-nm Diode Laser: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Treatment of Gingival Growth Due to Amlodipine Use With a 445-nm Diode Laser: A Case Report |
title_short | Treatment of Gingival Growth Due to Amlodipine Use With a 445-nm Diode Laser: A Case Report |
title_sort | treatment of gingival growth due to amlodipine use with a 445-nm diode laser: a case report |
topic | Dentistry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9845510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36660514 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32592 |
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