Gingivitis Flashcards
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Puberty Associated Gingivitis
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- Increased effect of steroid hormones
- Increased inflammation in the prescence of small amounts of plaque
- Modified further by local factors- caries, crowding, appliances
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Pregnancy Associated Gingivitis
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- Increased in 2nd and 3rd trimester
- Decreases pot-partum
- Probing depth deeper
- Bleeding on probing and toothbrushing increases
3
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Pyogenic Granuloma
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- Solitary capillary haemangioma
- Painless, mushroom like exophytic mass
- Arises from gingival margin or interproximal space
- Dissapears post-martum
4
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Drugs that ingluence gingivitis
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Anti-convulsant (phenytoin, sodium valproate)
Immunosuppressants (Cyclosporin A)
Calcium channel blockers (nifedipine, verampamil)
5
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Leukemia gingivitis oral manifestations
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- Petichae
- Mucosal Ulcers
- Gingival inflammation
- swollen, glazed, spongy, red to deep purple, bleeding
- Gingival enlargement
6
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Linear Gingival Erythema
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- AKA HIV associated gingivitis
- 2-3 mm marginal band of intense erythema in free gingiva
- May extend to attached gingiva- focal or diffuse
- Poor therapy outcomes
- Incidence reduced after the advent of anti-retroviral therapy
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7
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Hereditary gingival fibromatosis
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- Slowly growing after eruption of permanent teeth
- Non-hemorrhagic and firm
- Histologically- dense fibrotic CT and epithelial hyperplasia
