Gingival Hyperplasia
"Gingival Hyperplasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Non-inflammatory enlargement of the gingivae produced by factors other than local irritation. It is characteristically due to an increase in the number of cells. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p400)
| Descriptor ID |
D005885
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.714.258.428.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Gingival Hyperplasia- Gingival Hyperplasia
- Gingival Hyperplasias
- Hyperplasia, Gingival
- Hyperplasias, Gingival
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gingival Hyperplasia" by people in Profiles.
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Flaitz CM, Longoria JM. Oral and maxillofacial pathology case of the month. Localized juvenile spongiotic gingival hyperplasia. Tex Dent J. 2010 Dec; 127(12):1312-3, 1315-7.
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Bernier-Rodriguez JA, Closmann JJ. Clinical case report: capillary hemangioma. Gen Dent. 2005 Mar-Apr; 53(2):120-1.
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Greer RO, Reissner MW. Focal dermal hypoplasia. Current concepts and differential diagnosis. J Periodontol. 1989 Jun; 60(6):330-5.
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Avery BE, Simpson DM. The baboon as a model system for the study of periodontal disease: clinical and light microscopic observations. J Periodontol. 1973 Nov; 44(11):675-86.