In few days we shall cover the whole of Gingiva in multiple posts. We shall start with Types of Gingiva in this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gingiva is a masticatory mucosa and covers the alveolar process of the jaw and surround the neck of the teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The gingiva extends from the dentogingival junction to the alveolar mucosa. It is subject to friction and pressure of mastication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stratified squamous epithelium may be keratinized or non-keratinized but most often it is parakeratinized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gingiva appears slightly depressed between adjacent teeth, corresponding the depression on the alveolar process between eminence of the sockets<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The gingiva is limited on the outer surface of both the jaws by the mucoginigival junction, which separates it from the alveolar mucosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The alveolar mucosa is red & contains numerous small vessels coursing close to the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The gingiva is normal pink but sometimes have grayish tint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gingiva is attached immovably and firmly to the periosteum of the alveolar bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the inner surface of the lower jaw a line of demarcation is found between the gingiva and the mucosa on the floor of the mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three different types of Gingiva are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The free gingiva is the terminal edge of the gingiva which is usually about 1mm wide and surround the teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The free gingiva forms one of the walls of the gingival sulcus and is separated from the attached gingiva by a groove called free gingival groove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the part of gingiva that fills the space between two adjacent teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is a shallow V shaped space surrounding the tooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is bounded on one side by the tooth and on the other side by the free gingiva<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From oral or vestibular aspect, the surface of the inter-dental papilla is triangular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The depressed part of inter dental papilla is called COL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Col is covered by thin non-keratinized epithelium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elastic fibers known as Oxytalan fibers are present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is continuation of the free gingiva and extends up to the alveolar mucosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attached gingiva is separated from the alveolar mucosa by a mucogingival sulcus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The width of attached gingiva is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In maxillary anterior region: 3.5 – 4.5mm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In mandibular anterior region: 3.3 -3.9mm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Posteriorly, the width of attached gingiva is less<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the least at first premolar area:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Maxilla: 1.9 mm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Mandible: 1.8 mm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is beginning of the topic of Gingiva. We shall cover the whole topic in the coming days.<\/p>\n Last updated on May 13th, 2020 at 12:11<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In few days we shall cover the whole of Gingiva in multiple posts. We shall start with Types of Gingiva in this post. Gingiva is a masticatory mucosa and covers the alveolar process of the jaw and surround the neck of the teeth. The gingiva extends from the dentogingival junction to the alveolar mucosa. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,83],"tags":[64,61,63,65,60,62],"yoast_head":"\n