Shamim Akhtar, Mohammad Saleem.
Desquamative Gingivitis - A study conducted on 90 patients.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;23(2):121-4.

One year hospital based study was carried out in the Department of Periodontology, Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar to find out the etiology of desquamative gingivitis. Ninety adultpatients with esquamative gingivitis have mean age and age ranged 46 (16-70) years been included in the study. 67-Patients out of ninety desquamative gingivitis patients were females and 23-patients were males.80% of the patients with desquamative gingivitis were found to have lichen planus as compared to 9% of pemphigus vulgaris, non specific chronic inflammation and 2% mucous membrane pemphigoid. Other contributing factors found were age, menopause, stress and malnutrition. Present study has confirmed that desquamative gingivitis is not a disease but a manifestation of different diseases and is more common in females. Clinical and histological examinations are still valid for the diagnosis of desquamative gingivitis where advanced diagnostic tests are not available. In future immunological investigations are necessary for accurate diagnosis and treatment of desquamative gingivitis.

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