Drug-induced gingival hyperplasia. Selective review of the literature and a photometric assessment technique.
Several drugs share the side effect of inducing gingival hyperplasia in a substantial percentage of patients. A selective review of the literature as well as possible mechanisms for the causation of gingival overgrowth by these drugs is offered. In addition, a photometric technique for assessing gingival overgrowth is described and compared with a previously used method.
van der Bijl
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Dreyer
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Radomsky
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010783:Photometry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016037:Single-Blind Method