 Gingival Overgrowth
"Gingival Overgrowth" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Excessive growth of the gingiva either by an increase in the size of the constituent cells (GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY) or by an increase in their number (GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA). (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p574)
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D019214
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.714.258.428
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| Concept/Terms |
Gingival Overgrowth- Gingival Overgrowth
- Gingival Overgrowths
- Overgrowth, Gingival
- Overgrowths, Gingival
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| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gingival Overgrowth" by people in Profiles.
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Sobral LM, Aseredo F, Agostini M, Bufalino A, Pereira MC, Graner E, Coletta RD. Molecular events associated with ciclosporin A-induced gingival overgrowth are attenuated by Smad7 overexpression in fibroblasts. J Periodontal Res. 2012 Apr; 47(2):149-58.
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Sobral LM, Kellermann MG, Graner E, Martelli-Junior H, Coletta RD. Cyclosporin A-induced gingival overgrowth is not associated with myofibroblast transdifferentiation. Braz Oral Res. 2010 Apr-Jun; 24(2):182-8.
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Mathur H, Moretti AJ, Flaitz CM. Regression of cyclosporia-induced gingival overgrowth upon interruption of drug therapy. Gen Dent. 2003 Mar-Apr; 51(2):159-62.
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Scully C, Gokbuget AY, Allen C, Bagan JV, Efeoglu A, Erseven G, Flaitz C, Cintan S, Hodgson T, Porter SR, Speight P. Oral lesions indicative of plasminogen deficiency (hypoplasminogenemia). Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2001 Mar; 91(3):334-7.
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Flaitz CM. Peripheral ossifying fibroma of the maxillary gingiva. Am J Dent. 2001 Feb; 14(1):56.
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