ReviewCureus2022
Refining the Mechanism of Drug-Influenced Gingival Enlargement and Its Management.
Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Determinants of calcium channel blocker-induced gingival hyperplasia among patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Drug-Induced Gingival Enlargement: A Comparative Study on the Effect of Phenytoin, Gabapentin, and Cyclosporin on Gingival Fibroblast Cells.Molecular biotechnology · 2026Article
- Surgical Management of Severe Drug-Induced Gingival Hypertrophy: A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Marked Gingival Overgrowth Protruding from the Oral Cavity Due to Sodium Valproate.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of combined cyclosporin and azithromycin treatment on human mononuclear cells under lipopolysaccharide challenge.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- Drugs That Induce Gingival Overgrowth Drive the Pro-Inflammatory Polarization of Macrophages In Vitro.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Gingival Enlargement Associated with Orthodontics Appliance Increases Protein Carbonylation and Alters Phosphorylation of Salivary Proteome.Dentistry journal · 2024Article
- Non-surgical Treatment of Severe Drug-Influenced Gingival Enlargement: A Report of Two Cases.Cureus · 2024Article
- Drug induced gingival enlargement - phenytoin: an overview and case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- A case report on peripheral cemento-ossifying fibroma in South India.Bioinformation · 2024Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Drug-influenced gingival enlargement (DIGE) or overgrowth manifests as abnormal enlargement of the gingiva due to an adverse effect of certain drug reactions in patients treated with anticonvulsants, immunosuppressants, or calcium channel blockers (CCBs). As the gingival enlargement became significant, it may interfere with the normal oral hygiene measures, aesthetics, as well as masticatory functions of the patients. The exact mechanism of how this undesirable condition develops is yet unknown, and complicated, with non-inflammatory and inflammatory pathways involved. This review illuminates these putative pathways of DIGE and highlights various treatment approaches based on existing research and current observations.
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