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Assessment of Awareness among Physicians Regarding Gingival Overgrowth Induced by Anticonvulsant, Calcium Channel Blocker, and Immunosuppressant Therapy
| العنوان: | Assessment of Awareness among Physicians Regarding Gingival Overgrowth Induced by Anticonvulsant, Calcium Channel Blocker, and Immunosuppressant Therapy |
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| المؤلفون: | Gauri Mahesh Ugale, Fatima Layakali Pathan, Vishnudas Dwarakadas Bhandari, Omkumar Nemichand Baghele, Mahesh Shamrao Ugale, Mukesh Rameshwar Aradle |
| المصدر: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 16, Iss 2, Pp ZC25-ZC29 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | cyclosporine, epilepsy, gingival enlargement, nifedipine, phenytoin sodium, Medicine |
| الوصف: | Introduction: Drug-Induced Gingival Overgrowth (DIGO) is caused due to prolonged use of anti convulsants, immunosuppressant, and calcium channel blockers given for non dental purpose. It affects the maintenance of oral hygiene and may cause speech, mastication, tooth eruption and aesthetic problems. General physicians can play a key role as they can inform the patient about gingival overgrowth as an adverse effect of these drugs. Aim: To evaluate the awareness regarding drug-induced gingival overgrowth and to know the impact of educational qualification on their awareness among physicians. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted from January 2019 to June 2019 in Latur district of Maharashtra, India. A total of 196 practicing physicians were approached with self-structured questionnaire and answers were collected in the presence of the investigator. Survey responses were divided into two groups based on educational qualification as group A: physicians educationally qualified to practice Allopathy, group B: physicians educationally qualified to practice alternative medicine (Ayurveda, Homeopathy etc.,). Comparison of responses for qualitative variables was carried among groups using Chi-square test with p-value set as p |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |
| Relation: | https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/15990/52226_CE[Ra1]_F[SH]_PF1(TW_SHU)_PFA(TW_KM)_PN(KM).pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2249-782X; https://doaj.org/toc/0973-709X |
| DOI: | 10.7860/JCDR/2022/52226.15990 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/1f622cba87464d499dda8f13f9320b1c |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.1f622cba87464d499dda8f13f9320b1c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 2249782X 0973709X |
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| DOI: | 10.7860/JCDR/2022/52226.15990 |