Abstract
Gingival enlargement, [sometimes abbreviated to GO (gingival overgrowth)] is an increase in the size of the gingiva. It is a common feature of gingival disease. Gingival enlargement is a well known side-effect of drugs like anticonvulsants, calcium channel blockers and immunosuppressant. A case of amlodipine induced gingival enlargement was reported and after drug substitution when the patient was treated non-surgically (scaling and root planing), the enlargement subsides to a normal state which suggested the effectiveness of non-surgical periodontal therapy in the treatment of drug induced gingival enlargement.
 Keywords: Anticonvulsants, Immunosuppressants, Calcium channel blockers, gingival enlargement
Highlights
Drug induced gingival enlargement was first reported in 1939 associated with chronic use of antiepileptic drug phenytoin.[1]
A case of amlodipine induced gingival enlargement was reported and after drug substitution when the patient was treated non-surgically, the enlargement subsides to a normal state which suggested the effectiveness of non-surgical periodontal therapy in the treatment of drug induced gingival enlargement
Gingival enlargement may be associated with the administration of three different classes of drugs, all producing a similar response: anticonvulsants
Summary
|| ISSN(online): 2589-8698 || ISSN(print): 2589-868X || International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies. Available Online at www.ijmbs.info PubMed (National Library of Medicine ID: 101738825). Index Copernicus Value 2018: 75.71 Volume 3, Issue 11; November: 2019; Page No 112-114. EFFECTIVENESS OF NON-SURGICAL PERIODONTAL THERAPY ON AMLODIPINE INDUCED GINGIVAL ENLARGEMENT: A CASE REPORT Dagar Mona, Kataria Prerna2 1MDS, Sr. Lecturer, Department of Periodontology, DJ College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar, (U.P.) 2MDS, Professor, Department of Periodontology, DJ College of Dental Sciences & Research, Modinagar, (U.P.). Article Info: Received 03 October 2019; Accepted 14 November.
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