Severe Periodontal Disease Associated with Long-Term Treatment with Intravenous Immunoglobulin

• Main Authors: Jôice Dias Corrêa (Author), Amanda Leal Rocha (Author), Lidiane Cristina Machado Costa (Author), Denise Travassos (Author), Wagner Henriques Castro (Author), Gustavo Pompermaier Garlet (Author), Rodrigo Santiago Gomez (Author), Antônio Lúcio Teixeira (Author), Tarcília Aparecida Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is used in the treatment of neuropathy. This case report presents, for the first time, a patient with severe periodontal destruction after chronic therapy with IVIG. The patient reported having extracted his maxillary anterior teeth himself due to high mobility. Cli...