Open AccessOral Health and Oral Contraceptive - Is it a Shadow behind Broad Day Light? A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Irfan Ali
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/19439.8790
Subject(s) - medicine , periodontium , oral hygiene , estrogen , dentistry , cochrane library , family planning , physiology , gynecology , population , meta analysis , research methodology , environmental health
Oral contraceptives are one of the risk factors for gingival disease. Oral contraceptives can affect the proliferation of cell, growth and differentiation of tissues in the periodontium. Nowadays recent research has suggested that the newer generation oral contraceptives have less influence on gingival diseases.