Contraceptives and effect on Oral Health
Oral contraceptives or birth control pills used to prevent pregnancies in women which impacts oral health. They are a combination of estrogen and progesterone which are natural hormones present in female body. Birth control pills have adverse effect on gingival tissues as it causes exaggerated gingival inflammation. This gingival inflammation consist of mild oedema erythema with hemorrhagic or hyper-plastic […]