Open AccessAUMENTO GENGIVAL INFLUENCIADO POR DROGAS: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA
Author(s) -
T. E. Mendes,
Len Barreto Cerqueira,
Maria Cecília Fonsêca Azoubel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of dentistry and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2596-3368
DOI - 10.17267/2596-3368dentistry.v5i1.300
Subject(s) - phenytoin , medicine , dentistry , interdental consonant , nifedipine , drug , pharmacology , calcium , epilepsy , psychiatry
The drug-induced gingival overgrowth is characterized by the excessive growth of gingival tissue surrounding the region of the interdental papillae. Only in severe cases can cover the dental elements and interfere the individual nutrition. The main associated drugs with this type of alteration are nifedipine, cyclosporine and phenytoin. Consultation preventive are fundamental for individuals who present risk of developing this kind of gingival alteration, as well as early diagnosis, and both can considerably to improve the patient prognosis. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a literature review concerning the drug-induced gingival overgrowth, emphasizing the main drugs that can occasion it, as well as, the treatments indicated for this type of alteration.