| gingiva |
the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
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| gingival |
of or relating to the gums
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| gingival crevice |
a shallow trough or fissure surrounding the anatomic crown of a tooth; considered by some authorities to be the same as the gingival sulcus and by others to be two separate and distinct entities. Called also subgingival space.
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| gingival crest |
the coronal border of the gingiva.
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| gingival cyst |
an odontogenic cyst of the soft tissue of either the free or attached gingiva, presenting as a small, well-circumscribed, painless swelling, sometimes resembling a superficial mucocele.
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