Gingival overgrowth in subjects under immunosuppressive regimens based on cyclosporine, tacrolimus, or sirolimus

LOM Cota, DR Aquino, GCN Franco… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Cota LOM, Aquino DR, Franco GCN, Cortelli JR, Cortelli SC, Costa FO. Gingival overgrowth
in subjects under immunosuppressive regimens based on cyclosporine, tacrolimus, or …

Effect of calcium channel blockers on gingival tissues in hypertensive patients in Lagos, Nigeria: A pilot study

KA Umeizudike, AB Olawuyi… - Contemporary …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: Long-term treatment of common chronic cardiac conditions such as
hypertension with calcium channel blockers (CCBs) has long been associated with gingival …

Reliability of two measurement indices for gingival enlargement

J Miranda, L Brunet, P Roset, M Farré… - Journal of periodontal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Miranda J, Brunet Ll, Roset P, Farré M, Mendieta C. Reliability of two measurement indices
for gingival enlargement. J Periodont Res 2012; 47: 776–782.© 2012 John Wiley & Sons …

[PDF][PDF] Drug-induced gingival hyperplasia–experimental model

A Goriuc, LG Foia, B Minea, AI Luchian, AE Surdu… - Rom J Morphol …, 2017 - rjme.ro
Several causes of gingival hyperplasia are known, the most widely accepted being the drug-
induced gingival augmentation, a side effect associated mainly with three classes of drugs …

Local inflammation alters MMP-2 and MMP-9 gelatinase expression associated with the severity of nifedipine-induced gingival overgrowth: a rat model study

WL Li, CH Wu, J Yang, M Tang, LJ Chen, SL Zhao - Inflammation, 2015 - Springer
Nifedipine-induced gingival overgrowth (NIGO) is characterized by cell proliferation and
extracellular matrix (ECM) component accumulation in gingival connective tissues, with …

Using salivary nitrite and nitrate levels as a biomarker for drug-induced gingival overgrowth

E Sukuroglu, GN Güncü, K Kilinc… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Aim: Drug-induced gingival overgrowth has a multifactorial nature and the pathogenesis is
still uncertain. It has been suggested that Nitric Oxide (NO) might play a role in the …

Clinical assessment of nifedipine‐induced gingival overgrowth in a group of Brazilian patients

CP Sousa, CM Navarro… - International Scholarly …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Although it has been established that nifedipine is associated with gingival overgrowth (GO),
there is little information on the prevalence and severity of this condition in the Brazilian …

Microarray and quantitative RT-PCR analyses in calcium-channel blockers induced gingival overgrowth tissues of periodontitis patients

T Shimizu, T Kubota, N Nakasone, D Abe… - archives of oral …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the present study was to analyse transcriptomes and mRNA
expression levels for specific genes in calcium-channel blocker-induced gingival overgrowth …

Access to special care dentistry, part 8. Special care dentistry services: seamless care for people in their middle years–part 2

D Lewis, J Fiske, A Dougall - British dental journal, 2008 - nature.com
This article about special care dentistry in the middle years considers people who have
Down's syndrome and cerebral palsy and those who have cardiac and respiratory disease …

Agrandamiento gingival por bloqueantes de canales de calcio

TO Diestra, SG Linares - Odontología …, 2014 - revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe
Objetivo: Determinar la frecuencia del agrandamiento gingival en pacientes hipertensos
que consumen fármacos bloqueantes de canales de calcio y compararlo con otro grupo de …