Role of Saliva: An Orthodontic Perspective
Journal Title: International Journal of Oral Health Dentistry - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
a side effect with three main groups of drugs e.g. calcium channel blockers, immunosuppressants and anticonvulsants. Among the calcium channel blockers, Nefidipine, a first generation dihydropyridines, has shown the incidence of induced gingival enlargement as its unwanted side effect to be as high as 47.8%.1 Amlodipine a newer agent of dihydropyridine, has also been shown to induce gingival enlargement but with lesser prevalence of upto 3.3%.2,3
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Zeba Jafri, Nafis Ahmad
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