Open AccessTreatment of drug-induced gingival overgrowth by full-mouth disinfection: A non-surgical approach
Author(s) -
Aena Jain Pundir,
Siddharth Pundir,
Ramreddy K Yeltiwar,
Sana Farista,
V. Gopinath,
T S Srinivas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/0972-124x.134567
Subject(s) - medicine , chlorhexidine , dentistry , gingival and periodontal pocket , tongue , scaling and root planing , surgery , periodontitis , chronic periodontitis , pathology
Drug-induced gingival overgrowth is a common finding in the modern era. These gingival overgrowths are usually treated by various modalities namely substitution of drugs, surgical, and non-surgical treatment. The recent concept mainly involves full-mouth scaling and root planing (the entire dentition in two visits within 24 hours, i.e., two consecutive days) followed by chair side mouth rinsing by the patient with a 0.2% chlorhexidine solution for 2 minutes and brushing the tongue of the patient with 1% chlorhexidine gel. This is followed by an additional subgingival irrigation (three times, repeated within 10 minutes) of all pockets with a 1% chlorhexidine gel.