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The Effect of Drugs in the Oral Cavity-A Review

@inproceedings{Jayakaran2014TheEO,
  title={The Effect of Drugs in the Oral Cavity-A Review},
  author={Trophimus Gnanabagyan Jayakaran},
  year={2014}
}
It is estimated that more than 2-4% of hospital admissions are related to drug induced reactions. There is an ever expanding list of medications linked to pathologic reactions in the oral and perioral region. Several patterns of diseases have been identified, and these can assist the clinician in determining a possible cause and effect relationship with a particular or a group of drugs. The mechanism of drug induced reaction is not always known or not always predictable since aspects other than… 
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