An observational study on increase in size of the gums by different calcium channel blockers
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/01/016995
- Lead Sponsor
- Manipal College of Dental Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with cardiovascular diseases and who were taking Calcium channel blockers for atleast 3 months
Presence of atleast 20 permanent teeth with a minimum of 10 anterior teeth.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients having any other systemic diseases other than cardiovascular conditions
Patients on any other drug casuing gingival overgrowth or a combination of calcium channel blockers
Patients who have undergone periodontal therapy in last six months
Patients on any other medications in past 6 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study the prevalence of gingival overgrowth in subjects on different generations of calcium channel blockersTimepoint: 2 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine a correlation between the factors such as age, sex, dosage of drug, duration of therapy and oral hygiene status with gingival overgrowth in subjects on different generations of calcium channel blockersTimepoint: 2 years