Gingival Overgrowth
Down-regulation of transforming growth factor beta-2 expression is associated with the reduction of cyclosporin induced gingival overgrowth in rats treated with roxithromycin: an experimental study
... Fibrosis, one of the most important finding in GO, is the result of a variety of biochemical signals from many cell types including inflammatory cells and fibroblasts, which stimulate fibroblast proliferation and ...
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What is the Effect of Folic Acid Supplementation on the Incidence or Reduction of Phenytoin- Induced Gingival Overgrowth? A Systematic Review Heba Hussein 1and Ronald S Brown2
... preventive regimes of plaque control and folic acid supplementation have been studied. There are several mechanisms proposed for the effect of systemic folic acid as follows i) The interference of folic acid of p- HPPH, ...
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AMLODIPINE INDUCED GINGIVAL OVERGROWTH- A RARE CASE REPORT
... with gingival overgrowth (Table 1) are different and directed towards various primary target tissues, all of them seem to act similarly on a secondary target tissue ...the gingival connective ...
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Therapy for nifedipine-induced gingival overgrowth by saireito in rats
... nifedipine-induced gingival overgrowth in ...buccal gingival together with the max- illary left first molar were measured as the incisor space and the gingiva width, ...
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Surgical treatment of gingival overgrowth with 10 years of follow-up
... an overgrowth. Nevertheless, the overgrowth involves the gingival margin with extension to the inter- dental ...Severe overgrowth may lead to impairment in aesthetic and masticatory functions, ...
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Pattern of Gingival Overgrowth among Patients on Antihypertensive Pharmacotherapy at a Nairobi Hospital in Kenya
... of gingival overgrowth (GO) among patients on anti-hypertensive pharmacotherapy at a Nairobi hospital in Kenya and to evaluate the relationship between GO and associated risk factors among these ...for ...
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Changes in Biomarkers after Initial Periodontal Treatment in Gingival Crevicular Fluid from Patients with Chronic Periodontitis Presenting with Drug Induced Gingival Overgrowth
... Drug-induced gingival overgrowth (GO), a side effect of calcium channel blockers (CCB), immune suppressors, and anti-seizure drugs, is characterized by fibrosis with inflammation of the ...therapy, ...
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Efficacy of AZM therapy in patients with gingival overgrowth induced by Cyclosporine A: a systematic review
... Results: The literature search retrieved 24 articles; only 5 were Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs), published in English, fulfilled the inclusion criteria. A great heterogeneity between proposed treatments and ...
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Cyclosporin induced gingival overgrowth: a review of literature
... -dental reasons is a very commonly occurring condition. The drugs most commonly associated with this condition are anticonvulsants like phenytoin, immunosuppressants like cyclosporin and antihypertensive drugs such as ...
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Phenytoin and its metabolite, 5-(p-Hydroxyphenyl-), 5-Phenylhydantoin, decrease supernatant levels of matrix-metalloproteases in the human macrophage : implications for drug-induced gingival overgrowth
... inducing gingival overgrowth not only dysregulate expression of growth factors that trigger collagen production, but also dysregulate expression of matrix-degradating enzymes and/or ...
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Management of Drug Induced Gingival Overgrowth
... still has the highest prevalence rate (approximately 50%) with calcium channel blockers and Cyclosporine associated enlargements about half as prevalent. If possible, treatment is generally targeted on drug substitution ...
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Analysis of proliferative activity in oral gingival epithelium in immunosuppressive medication induced gingival overgrowth
... drug-induced gingival overgrowth is asso- ciated with thickening of epithelium with elongated rete pegs and fibrosis in the lamina propria, with increased numbers of ...CsA-induced gingival over- ...
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Gingival Overgrowth Resulting From Endodontic Flare-Up: Report of Two Cases
... varies from pink to red in colour and soft to firm in consistency. However, their clinical appearances resemble to that of neoplasms, which may cause some diagnostic dilemmas. [6] Proper investigation to find out the ...
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Gingival Enlargement In Epileptic Patients On Phenytoin Therapy- An Overview Of Possible Etiologies And Studies
... [Gingival overgrowth index, (GO] and VI collagen genes in drug-induced gingival horizontal overgrowth [Miranda-Brunet enlargement, fibrotic gingival enlargements index, ...(MB)]. ...
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... the gingival tissue is not the projected target ...medications, gingival enlargement induced by nifedipine has been extensively ...-induced gingival enlargement remains a perpetual topic of ...
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... induced gingival overgrowth ranges from very low percentages to 95% among the phenytoin ...of gingival overgrowth and disparate background of the examiners could be due to differences in ...
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Gingival fibromatosis: clinical, molecular and therapeutic issues
... idiopathic gingival overgrowth have been reported. Hereditary gingival fibromatosis can occur as an isolated condition or as part of a genetic ...of gingival fibromatosis comprises excessive ...
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Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in chronic pancreatitis.
... SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) is characterized by excessive growth of bacteria in the small intestine especially in the proximal small bowel. Characteristically the normal flora of the proximal ...
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The NSD1 and EZH2 overgrowth genes, similarities and differences.
... functional domains. EZH2 mutations that cause Weaver syndrome are primarily missense variants and the rare truncating mutations reported to date are in the last exon, suggesting that simple haploinsufficiency is unlikely ...
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Esthetics: The orthodontic, Periodontic restorative connection
... the gingival margin over the central incisors was positioned coronally relative t the lateral incisors (B), the central incisor brackets were placed near the incisal edge (C), to permit relative intrusion of the ...
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