Aim: To determine the frequency of gingival overgrowth in hypertensive patients taking calcium channelblockers drugs and compare it to another group of patients who do not take these hypertensive drugs, was the aim of this study. Methodology: In the cross-sectional descriptive study, we evaluated 50 hypertensive patients who were taking calcium channel blockers (study group) and 50 hypertensive patients receiving treatment with other type of antihypertensive (control group). We used a data collectedinstrument, periodontogram and photographs of gingival overgrowth. Results: it was found that 10% of patients taking calcium channel blockers showed gingival overgrowth, in control group were not found any patients with this condition and the difference was statistical significance (p < 0.05). There was an inverse trend with respect to age, because while age increased, the frequency of ging...

Aim: To determine the frequency of gingival overgrowth in hypertensive patients taking calcium channelblockers drugs and compare it to another group of patients who do not take these hypertensive drugs, was the aim of this study. Methodology: In the cross-sectional descriptive study, we evaluated 50 hypertensive patients who were taking calcium channel blockers (study group) and 50 hypertensive patients receiving treatment with other type of antihypertensive (control group). We used a data collectedinstrument, periodontogram and photographs of gingival overgrowth. Results: it was found that 10% of patients taking calcium channel blockers showed gingival overgrowth, in control group were not found any patients with this condition and the difference was statistical significance (p < 0.05). There was an inverse trend with respect to age, because while age increased, the frequency of ging...

En la actualidad, es frecuente el uso de fármacos bloqueantes de canales de calcio, ya que son útiles para tratar distintas patologías cardiacas como la angina inestable, angina estable crónica, arritmias supraventriculares, infarto agudo de miocardio, enfermedad isquémica del corazón y además, de manera efectiva , la hipertensión arterial, la cual afecta a la cuarta parte de la población mundial38. Éstos fármacos tienen la ventaja de poseer bajo costo, alta disponibilidad y efectividad3; sin embargo, poseen diversos efectos secundarios, como el agrandamiento gingival, el cual se ha reportado también como efecto colateral de la ciclosporina y algunos anticonvulsivantes, principalmente fenitoína. Esta alteración gingival tiene también otras etiologías relacionadas a las condiciones sistémicas, ya sean patológicas o fisiológicas. Dentro de las condiciones patológicas, e...