Gingival hyperplasia causes inflamed gums and overgrowth around the teeth. ... In electrosurgery, your periodontist applies electric currents to your gum tissue to cut or remove what has overgrown.

For drug-induced gingival hyperplasia, doctors may prescribe a drug that won’t affect your gums. Once you stop using the drug that is causing gingival hyperplasia, the problem goes away.

Sixty-four patients with gingival hyperplasia receiving diphenylhydantoin sodium were assigned to one of three groups in such a way as to control for age, sex, severity of hyperplasia, dosage of ...