Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, gingival enlargement. Abstract Most of the systemic diseases manifest signs and symptoms in oral cavity. Periodontal lesions are common in patients with acute leukemia throughout the course of the disease. Although many cases of gingival enlargement in patients with acute myeloid leukemia have been reported in literature, cases of gingival h...

Hereditary gingival fibromatosis (HGF) is a rare condition characterized by varying degrees of gingival hyperplasia. Gingival fibromatosis usually occurs as an isolated disorder or can be associated with a variety of other syndromes. A 33-year-old male patient who had a generalized severe gingival overgrowth covering two thirds of almost all maxillary and mandibular teeth is reported. A mucoper...

57 INTRODUCTION Drug-induced gingival overgrowth is a disfiguring side effect of anticovulsants, calcineurin inhibitors, and calcium channel blocking agents. Phenytoin is an antiepileptic drug that acts on sodium channels in mammal cells. Clinically detectable gingival overgrowth occurs as the principal side-effect of phenytoin therapy in approximately half of the treated patients. Although the...

PURPOSE The location of the gingival zenith in a medial-lateral position relative to the vertical tooth axis of the maxillary anterior teeth remains to be clearly defined. In addition, the apex of the free gingival margin of the lateral incisor teeth relative to the gingival zeniths of the adjacent proximal teeth remains undetermined. Therefore, this investigation evaluated two clinical paramet...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Melanin pigmentation of the gingiva is a crucial esthetic problem. A variety of methods have been used for gingival depigmentation. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the results of two treatment modalities: scalpel technique and cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen in treatment of gingival pigmentation. MATERIALS AND METHOD Twenty patients with chief comp...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of periodontal treatment on gingival overgrowth in a group of renal transplant patients. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Twenty-five renal transplant recipients receiving immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporine A (CsA) were randomly assigned to 2 groups. Group 1 (n = 15) included patients who had been specifically referred to a dental clinic to prevent gingival overg...

Background: Gingival displacement is done before making impressions for crown & bridge teeth preparations. The gingival crevice should remain opened until we make impression. The closure rate of gingival crevice is not clearly mentioned in the literature. Purpose: To access the closure rate of gingival crevice after different gingival displacement cords are removed. Date Sources: Google Scholar...

UNLABELLED BACKROUND/AIM: Retraction agents for temporary vertical and lateral suppression of gingival tissue as well as bleeding control and fluid flow in the gingival sulcus are expected to have maximal efficiency without irreversible damage of local tissue and adverse systemic effects. The research started from the assumption that tetrahydrozoline is a biologically more acceptable means of g...

The success of any fixed prosthesis depends on the accuracy of impressions. Finish line exposure has to be adequate during impression making. The goal of gingival retraction is to atraumatically displace gingival tissues to allow access for impression material to record the finish line and provide sufficient thickness of gingival sulcus so that the impression does not tear off during removal. N...

AIM Melanin pigmentation of the gingiva occurs in all ethnicities. Excessive pigmentation is an esthetic concern that has increased awareness about de pigmentation procedures. The purpose of the present study was to correlate skin color and gender with intensity and distribution of gingival melanin pigmentation in a group of South Indians. METHODS 200 male and female non smoking healthy subje...