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Gengivite

Last reviewed: 26 Sep 2025
Last updated: 30 Apr 2024

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • sangramento na escovação dos dentes
  • placa dental bacteriana
  • necrose e ulceração na gengiva livre
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Other diagnostic factors

  • halitose
  • gengiva avermelhada e edemaciada
  • formação de pseudomembrana
  • linfadenopatia cervical
  • febre
  • mal-estar
  • dor
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Risk factors

  • higiene bucal ineficiente
  • tabagismo
  • diabetes mellitus
  • gestação
  • grave desnutrição ou deficiências nutricionais marginais
  • HIV/AIDS (na gengivite necrosante [GN])
  • estresse (na gengivite necrosante [GN])
  • infecções (virais) graves (na gengivite necrosante [GN])
  • história pregressa de gengivite necrosante (GN)
  • estresse (na gengivite induzida por placa dental bacteriana)
  • medicamentos xerostômicos
  • sexo masculino
  • condições de habitação precárias (gengivite necrosante [GN])
  • ingestão elevada de bebidas alcoólicas
  • uso de substâncias
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • diagnóstico clínico
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

gengivite necrosante (GN)

gengivite não necrosante

Contributors

Authors

Giuseppina Campisi, DDS, MS

Professor of Oral Diseases

Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences

School of Dentistry

University of Palermo

Palermo

Italy

Disclosures

GC declares that she has no competing interests.

Giuseppe Pizzo, DDS

Associate Professor of Periodontology and Dental Public Health

Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences

School of Dentistry

University of Palermo

Palermo

Italy

Disclosures

GP declares that he has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Giuseppina Campisi and Dr Giuseppe Pizzo would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Bruce L. Pihlstrom and Dr Alice E. Curran, previous contributors to this topic.

Disclosures

BLP and AEC declare that they have no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Gary Armitage, MD

Professor

Division of Periodontology

University of California

San Francisco

CA

Disclosures

GA declares that he has no competing interests.

Lynn Solomon, MD

Assistant Professor

Tufts University

Boston

MA

Disclosures

LS declares that she has no competing interests.

Donald J. DeNucci, DDS, MS

Program Director

Practice Based Research Networks

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

NIH

Bethesda

MD

Disclosures

DJD declares that he has no competing interests.

Stephen Porter, BSc, PhD, MD, FDSRCS, FDSRCSEd, FHEA

Institute Director

Professor of Oral Medicine

Academic Head, Oral Medicine and Special Needs Dentistry Unit

Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust

UCL Eastman Dental Institute

London

UK

Disclosures

SP declares that he has no competing interests.

Marco Carrozzo, MD, DSM

Professor of Oral Medicine

School of Dental Sciences

University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

UK

Declarações

None declared

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Principais artigos

Chapple ILC, Mealey BL, Van Dyke TE, et al. Periodontal health and gingival diseases and conditions on an intact and a reduced periodontium: Consensus report of workgroup 1 of the 2017 World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases and Conditions. J Periodontol. 2018 Jun;89 Suppl 1:S74-84. Resumo

Farah CS, Balasumbramaniam R, McCullough MJ. Contemporary Oral Medicine. A Comprehensive Approach to Clinical Practice. 1st ed. New York, NY: Springer International Publishing; 2019.

Public Health England (PHE). Delivering better oral health: an evidence-based toolkit for prevention. 3rd ed. London: Department of Health; 2021.Texto completo

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