Re: Periodontal Disease

Drug induced gingival overgrowth

The clinical features of gingival enlargement usually presents as enlarged interdental papillae and resulting in a lobulated or nodular morphology. The effects normally limited to the attached and marginal gingivae and more frequently observed anteriorly. Histologically, in drug induced gingival overgrowth it was described as thickening of the spinous cell layer, slight to moderate hyperkeratosis, fibroblastic proliferation and fibrosis of lamina propria .