Cyslosporin A (CyA) treatment of psoriasis is warranted in severe cases where other, conventional antipsoriatic approaches have failed. Gingival hyperplasia is a rare side effect of cyclosporin A treatment in psoriasis patients. Previous studies in cyclosporin A-treated patients (mostly transplant recipients) have demonstrated correlation between cyclosporin A serum levels and oral hygiene stat...

The purpose of this research was to study the occurrence of gingival overgrowth (GO) in children after kidney transplantation and to investigate the relationship of GO to medical and dental parameters. Forty-nine kidney transplant patients taking the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporine A (CsA) were evaluated for plaque (PI), calculus (CI), gingival inflammation (GI), probing depth (PD), width o...

Introduction: Hereditary Gingival Enlargement (HGF), a rare entity, is also known as familial elephantiasis, elephantiasis gingivae, diffuse fibromatosis. It benign, non-haemorrhagic fibrous enlargement of gingival tissue. frequently component feature many syndromes. Jones syndrome one such syndrome, characterized by overgrowth and progressive deafness.
 Case report: A 27-year-old male pat...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is usually considered a disease of older people. Recently, there is a change in the occurrence of such lesions in young patients and lacking the established risk factors. CASE REPORT: A 21-year-old male reported with an innocuous gingival growth over lower incisors since a month. Within 15 days he noticed another gingival growth in same region l...