title: [Hyperplastic gingival changes--a serial study].
abstract: The occurrence of hyperplastic alterations of the gingiva were surveyed in the context of employment physicals for 3000 young "healthy" men. Hyperplastic alterations of the gingiva were found in 21% of the subjects; a so-called dirt gingivitis with hyperplasia of the interdental papillae was present in 12%. The etiology could not be determined with 8%; smoking habits may be influential here.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D012907:Smoking
vernacular_title: Hyperplastische Veränderungen der Gingiva--eine Reihenuntersuchung.