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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">83</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Amlodipine -__ampersandsignnbsp;A Novel Offender of Gingival Overgrowth-A Case Report&#13;
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</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>P.</surname><given-names>Shobana</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>T.</surname><given-names>Ramakrishnan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>I.</surname><given-names>Nirmala J.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sekhar</surname><given-names>Vidya</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>N.</surname><given-names>Manisunder</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>M.</surname><given-names>Ebenezer</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>01</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume/><issue/><fpage>5</fpage><lpage>8</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: There are only few cases presented with Amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement so far. The main purpose of this case report is to discuss about Amlodipine-influenced gingival enlargement in a 56 years old female hypertensive patient and its periodontal management and maintenance. Case Report: In this case report, patient with a history of hypertension for past 2 years and presenting with Amlodipine-induced gingival enlargement and various approaches to manage it were discussed. Discussion: One of the common clinical features of gingival disease is gingival enlargement, otherwise termed as Gingival Overgrowth. Gingival enlargement occurs as a side effect following the administration of certain drugs. The most common drugs causing gingival enlargement are Anticonvulsants for eg Phenytoin, immuno-suppressants like Cyclosporine and calcium channel blockers (Nifedipine). Amlodipine - a third-generation calcium channel blocker is found to be associated with Gingival overgrowth even when prescribed in a very low dose of about 5mg. Conclusion: The results of this case report suggested that the combined non-surgical and surgical therapy resulted in complete healing of the gingival overgrowth with less post-operative complication.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Drug-Induced Gingival Overgrowth (DIGO)</kwd><kwd> Calcium Channel Blockers (CCBs)</kwd><kwd> Gingivectomy and Amlodipine</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
