Agrandamiento gingival inducido por ciclosporina : revisión de literatura.

Abstract

Introduction: In the daily work, the health professional in dentistry is prepared to have an adequate knowledge, in such a way that he can identify and treat problems related to patients and their systemic conditions. Drug-induced gingival enlargement is considered an abnormal and exaggerated disease of gum growth, in which this pathology has occurred in several cases of patients who have presented this type of gingival alteration, causing discomfort such as pain when ingesting food and also aesthetics, which is another factor that bothers the patient when suffering from this disease. Objectives: to determine the prevalence of gingival enlargement in patients treated with cyclosporine. Materials and methods: This research work is a qualitative, cross-sectional, retrospective study with an explanatory descriptive and non-experimental design. A bibliographic review of 70 scientific articles was carried out, publications between the years 1986 and the present in various online databases (PubMed, Cochrane, Scielo, LILACS, Elsevier, Medigraphic, Medline), giving as a final result 30 articles in agreement with the following inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: A study of 30 scientific articles was carried out between a systematic review and clinical case reports, where we evaluated the systemic condition and its relationship with medications, the amount of plaque, the dose and the time of use of the drug. Conclusions: The use of immunosuppressive drugs, such as cyclosporine, has its side effects in patients who ingest it, affecting both clinically, aesthetically and psychologically people who want to lead an apparently normal life. It occurs in 25%-30% of patients with the use of cyclosporine, this being an important variable for drug-induced gingival enlargement