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| Amlodipine induced gingival overgrowth: A case report | ||||||
| Aditya Sinha1, Sheetal Oswal2, Ravindra Shivamurthy3 | ||||||
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1BDS, Postgraduate Student, Department of Periodontics Sri Hasanamba Dental College & Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India.
2MDS, Reader, Department of Periodontics Sri Hasanamba Dental College & Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India. 3MDS, Professor and Head, Department of Periodontics, Sri Hasanamba Dental College & Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India. | ||||||
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| Sinha A, Oswal S, Shivamurthy R. Amlodipine induced gingival overgrowth: A case report. Int J Case Rep Images 2014;5(7):42–45. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Drug-induced gingival overgrowth (DIGO) remains a significant problem for the dental clinicians and the periodontologists. Patients medicated with certain drugs may be implicated in this unwanted side effect, which may interfere with esthetics, mastication or speech.
Case Report: The case presented here is a 60-year-old female patient with drug induced gingival enlargement. Patient was a known hypertensive and was on medication from past two years. Planned surgical intervention along with full mouth rehabilitation was the chosen treatment strategy. Clinical follow-up period lasted for one and a half years. Conclusion: With the consent of physician for substitution of the drug along with stringent maintenance of oral hygiene, surgical correction is required, and positive pressure appliance helps in preventing the recurrence of the gingival enlargement. | |
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Keywords:
Amlodipine, Gingival enlargement, Positive pressure appliance
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Author Contributions
Aditya Sinha – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Sheetal Oswal – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Ravindra Shivamurthy – Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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None |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© 2014 Aditya Sinha et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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