Nifedipine-induced gingival hyperplasia. |
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| Authors: | J Katz I Rotstein A Ben Yehuda S Barak |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Oral Diagnosis, Hebrew University, Haddasah Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem. |
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Gingival hyperplasia is an adverse reaction of nifedipine therapy. Oral manifestations of this condition include enlarged and painful gingiva accompanied by spontaneous bleeding. Nifedipine-induced gingival hyperplasia may be reversible once a proper drug substitution is made. Two cases of gingival hyperplasia resulting from nifedipine are described and the drug's possible mode of action is discussed. |
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