Reduction of Cyclosporine‐Induced Gingival Overgrowth Following a Change to Tacrolimus. A Case History Involving a Liver Transplant Patient | Zendy

Bader G. | Zendy; Lejeune S. | Zendy; Messner M. | Zendy

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Reduction of Cyclosporine‐Induced Gingival Overgrowth Following a Change to Tacrolimus. A Case History Involving a Liver Transplant Patient

Author(s) -

Bader G.,

Lejeune S.,

Messner M.

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

journal of periodontology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036

H-Index - 156

eISSN - 1943-3670

pISSN - 0022-3492

DOI - 10.1902/jop.1998.69.6.729

Subject(s) - tacrolimus , immunosuppression , medicine , reduction (mathematics) , surgery , transplantation , geometry , mathematics

D uring immunosuppression with cyclosporine, gingival overgrowth, a minor secondary effect, may appear in the first weeks of treatment. In certain cases it may affect the function and/or esthetic appearance in a manner intolerable to the patient. A new immunnosuppressive molecule, tacrolimus, presently used as a treatment of second choice to control acute corticoresistant rejection, may bring oral comfort to these patients, since it reduces gingival overgrowth to negligible levels. J Periodontol 1998;69:729–732 .

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