Home Current Issue Previous Issues Subscription Advertistment Guidelines Contact ASN

ACTA
STOMATOLOGICA

NAISSI

Table of Contents for
June 2015 • Volume 31 • Number 71

GINGIVAL OVERGROWTH

Ivana Timotijević1,
Radmila Obradović2,
Ivan Nikolić3,
Ljiljana Kesić2,
Aleksandar Petrović3,
Vladimir Petrović3,
Miloš Tijanić4,
Marko Jović3,

1 UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, SERBIA
2 UNIVERSITY OF NIŠ,FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF PERIODONTOLOGY AND ORAL MEDICINE, SERBIA
3UNIVERSITY OF NIŠ, FACULTY OF MEDICINE,DEPARTMENT OF HISTOLOGY, SERBIA
4UNIVERSITY OF NIŠ, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF ORAL SURGERY, SERBIA

   
...Abstract


Introduction: Gingival health is a prerequisite for the health of the whole body. Severe gingival overgrowth affects speech, mastication, and nutrition, causes aesthetic concerns and increases susceptibility to periodontitits and systemic diseases. This article reviews the etiology, clinical manifestations, classification, pathogenesis, prevention and possible multidisciplinary management of gingival overgrowth. Gingival overgrowth incidence varies according to the socioeconomic status and the risk factors involved, with a reported rate of 1/9000 adults. Most commonly, gingival overgrowth is induced by drugs. Histological studies performed on samples of gingival overgrowth tissues revealed common, non-specific finding, despite numerous risk factors, which is generally characterized by an increase of gums volume to which contribute both the epithelium (cellular hyperplasia) and lamina propria (accumulation of extracellular matrix and cells). The treatment of gingival overgrowth depends on clinical appearance and etiological factors of gingival overgrowth; it focuses on the correction of the aesthetic and/or functional problems and can be divided into nonsurgical or surgical alternatives.

Conclusion:
Further studies are needed regarding the etiology, manifestation, pathogenesis, prevention and multidisciplinary management of gingival overgrowth, and special attention should be paid to factors that regulate the relationship between the etiology and severity of gingival overgrowth

  Key words: gingival overgrowth, drugs, gingival histology, periodontal therapy

 

... Authors and Reprint Information

Address of correspondence:
Ivana Timotijević,
University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medicine,
34000 Kragujevac,Serbija,
Tel. +381 (0)65 692 2489
E-mail: pepojevic.ivana@gmail.com

Copyright © 2015 by The Editorial Council of The Acta Stomatologica Naissi