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Case Reports
. 2012 Aug 27:2012:bcr2012006193.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.2012.006193.

Hormonal effect on gingiva: pubertal gingivitis

Telgi R Chaitra  1 , Naveen Manuja, Ashish Amit Sinha, Adwait Uday Kulkarni
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Case Reports

Hormonal effect on gingiva: pubertal gingivitis

Telgi R Chaitra et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None.

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Figure 1
Gingival enlargement between 11 and 12.
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Figure 2
Generalised gingivitis.
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