| gingival abrasion | A lesion of the gingiva resulting from mechanical removal of a portion of the surface epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| gingival abscess | An abscess confined to the gingival soft tissue. Synonym: gumboil, parulis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival atrophy | The exposure of root surface by an apical shift in the position of the gingiva. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gingival clamp | A springlike metal piece encircling or grasping the cervix of a tooth and shaped so as to retract the gingival tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival cleft | A fissure associated with pocket formation and lined by mixed gingival and pocket epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival contour | The shape or form of the gingiva, either natural or artificial, around the necks of the teeth. Synonym: gum contour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival crest | The most coronal portion of the gingiva surrounding the tooth, the edge of the free gingiva. Synonym: cervical margin, gingival crest. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival crevice | The space between the surface of the tooth and the free gingiva. Synonym: sulcus gingivalis, gingival crevice, gingival space, subgingival space. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival crevicular fluid | A fluid occurring in minute amounts in the gingival crevice, believed by some authorities to be an inflammatory exudate and by others to cleanse material from the crevice, containing sticky plasma proteins which improve adhesions of the epithelial attachment, have antimicrobial properties, and exert antibody activity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gingival curvature | The rounding of the gum along its line of attachment to the neck of a tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival cyst | A cyst derived from remnants of the dental lamina situated in the attached gingiva, occasionally producing superficial erosion of the cortical plate of bone; most are located in the cuspid-premolar region. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival elephantiasis | A fibrous hyperplasia of the gingiva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival embrasure | A space existing cervical to the interproximal contact area between adjacent teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival enlargement | An overgrowth (localised or diffuse) of gingival tissue, non-specific in nature. See: gingival hyperplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival epithelium | A stratified squamous epithelium that undergoes some degree of keratinization and covers the free and attached gingiva. (05 Mar 2000) |