Prevalencia de agrandamiento gingival en pacientes farmacoinducidos : revisión de la literatura.

Abstract

Introduction: Gingival enlargement is defined as excessive growth of the gum with increased volume in response to a variety of local and systemic conditions, clinically begins as a circular enlargement of the interdental papillae and extends to the vestibular and lingual gingival margins, without exceeding the mucogingival junction, mainly associated with drugs. Objective: Determine the prevalence of gingival enlargement in pharmacolyduced patients. Materials and Methods: This research paper is a qualitative approach study of a transverse, retrospective type with explanatory and non-experimental descriptive design. A bibliographic review of 150 scientific articles, publications from 1986 to present in various online data banks (PubMed, Cochrane, Scielo, LILACS, Elsevier, Medigraphic, Medline) Results: 26 scientific papers were analyzed between literature review and clinical case reports, where we evaluate the systemic condition and its relationship to medications, the amount of plaque, the dose and the time of use. Conclusion: The intake of drugs such as anticonvulsants, immunosuppressants or calcium channel blockers often affect patients with conditions such as epilepsy and heart disease or autoimmune origin whose side effects affect periodontal tissues thus producing gingival enlargements that affect both aesthetically and psychologically the patient.