Classification of Gingivitis

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1. Plaque induced gingival disease

a) gingivitis associated with plaque only

b) gingival disease modified by systemic factors (puberty, pregnancy, diabetes, leukaemia)

c) gingival disease modified by medications (drug induced gingival enlargement)

d) gingival disease modified by malnutrition (vit C deficiency)

2. Non-plaque induced gingival disease

a) gingival diseases of specific bacterial origin (Treponema pallidum)

b) gingival diseases of viral origin (herpes virus infections)

c) gingival disease of fungal origin (candida)

d) gingival disease of genetic origin ( hereditary gingival fibromatosis)

e) gingival manifestations of systemic conditions (allergic, mucocutaneous)

f) traumatic (gingivitis artefacta)

g) foreign body reactions

h) not otherwise specified

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