Abstract:
Calcium channel blockers used in hypertension patients, immunosuppressants
used to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients, and anticonvulsants used in
epilepsy patients are the three main groups of drugs known to cause drug-induced
gingival overgrowth. Drug-induced gingival overgrowth can be controlled
through elimination of local factors, mechanical and chemical plaque control,
good oral hygiene, and ending medication or replacing it with another drug. This
case reveals the pre-treatment and post-treatment clinical status of a patient who
was admitted to our clinic with gingival overgrowth complaint due to the use of
amplodipine for a long time due to hypertension. In this case, adequate
improvement in the gingival tissue was achieved by surgical procedures
conducted on the overgrown gingival tissues and careful plaque control