Gingival Diseases

Un bambino che zoppica: quando meno te lo aspetti

Cunsolo M, Gazzitano L, Alizzi C, Panzuto F, Corsello G.

2025/9 — pag. 598-600 — DOI

A 19-month-old boy arrived at the emergency room with inconsolable crying and refusal to walk. MRI revealed bone changes consistent with vitamin C deficiency (scurvy). His history showed a diet almost exclusively based on milk and gingival bleeding. ...

Infezioni dentali e del cavo orale

2025/7 — pag. 443-446

Febbre e gengivostomatite: non è sempre solo herpes simplex

Arnaboldi S.

2023/5 — pag. 331-334 — DOI

Gingivostomatitis is a clinical condition frequently diagnosed by the family paediatrician and it generally shows a viral aetiology. In particular, primary herpes simplex infection is the most frequent cause of gingivostomatitis in toddlers and it ty...

Lo scorbuto, segnale di allarme di un disturbo dello spettro autistico

Liuzzo Scorpo M, Corsello G, Maggio MC.

2022/8 — pag. 524-526 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 3-year-old girl with bleeding gums and leg pain finally diagnosed with vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) and autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). The increased risk of developing scurvy due to a restricted diet in children...

Scorbuto: ancora un problema dei nostri giorni?

Grieco C, Alessio M

2021/9 — pag. 270-272 — DOI

Scurvy is a condition due to chronic ascorbic acid deficiency responsible for vascular fragility and impaired bone formation. The result is gingival bleeding, petechial lesions and articular and bone pain or limb swelling. Children may also present w...

Prevenzione delle gengiviti - Linee Guida Nazionali per la promozione della salute orale e la prevenzione delle patologie orali in età evolutiva - Parte seconda

Gruppo Ministeriale Linee Guida per la Promozione della Salute Orale e la Prevenzione delle Patologie orali in età evolutiva

2010/4 — pag. 233-236

The oral hygiene during the first two years of life of the child has be performed by parents after each meal using a wet cotton bandages. Toothbrush should be introduced as soon as possible. Its proper use, at least 2 times a day, avoids gingivitis...

Patologie parodontali in età pediatrica

R. Rozza, L. Francetti, E. Maggiore, A. Malerba

2001/8 — pag. 513-519

Persistent gingival inflammation is frequent in childhood and adolescence. The main cause is the accumulation of plaque in the cervical portion of the teeth, and consequent bacterial growth. Gingivitis in children is usually limited to junctional e...

La salute orale in età pediatrica

1997/5 — pag. 319-320