Stomatologists often encounter some patients who come to see a doctor due to gingival hyperplasia. After careful examination of the medical history, most of these patients have a history of long-term medication, such as long-term use of calcium, which has the effect of dilating peripheral blood vessels and coronary arteries in patients with coronary heart disease and hypertension. Channel antagonist antihypertensive drugs, etc. Their gum hyperplasia is caused by long-term use of these drugs. This kind of gingival hyperplasia caused by long-term use of a certain drug is collectively referred to as drug-induced gingival hyperplasia.
Long-term use of calcium channel antagonist antihypertensive drugs that have the effect of dilating peripheral blood vessels and coronary arteries in patients with coronary heart disease and hypertension can lead to gingival hyperplasia. This kind of gingival hyperplasia caused by a certain drug is collectively referred to as drug-induced gingival hyperplasia .
