Phenytoin- and amlodipine-induced gingival overgrowth

Drug-induced gingival overgrowth is an adverse event associated with three types of drugs, i.e., anticonvulsants, immunosuppressants, and calcium-channel blockers. It was shown that the combined use of an immunosuppressant (cyclosporine) and a calcium-channel blocker increases the prevalence and sev...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Journal of Dental Sciences
Main Authors:	Ching-Wen Chang, Chih-Jen Yang, Yu-Lin Lai
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2012-03-01
Subjects:	amlodipine drug-induced gingival overgrowth gingivectomy phenytoin
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790212000141