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My Gingiva
My Gingiva
Presented by:
Dr. Namita Adhikari
2nd year PG Resident
Department of Periodontology and Oral
Implantology
CONTENTS
Introduction
Macroscopic & microscopic features of gingiva
Structural & metabolic characteristics of different areas of
gingival epithelium
Gingival connective tissue
Blood supply, nerve supply and lymphatic drainage
Co-relation of clinical and microscopic features
Continuous tooth eruption
Conclusion
References
PERIODONTIUM
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GINGIVA
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DEVELOPMENT
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As the tooth erupts, the reduced
enamel epithelium grows gradually
shorter
A shallow groove, the gingival
sulcus, may develop between the
gingiva and the surface of the tooth
and extend around its circumference
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Macroscopic features
(Schluger et al 1990)
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Marginal gingiva
variations from 0 to 6 mm
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INTERDENTAL
GINGIVA
• Occupies the gingival
embrasure, which is the
interproximal space beneath
the area of tooth contact
• Pyramidal or have a "col"
shape
• PYRAMIDAL SHAPE- Tip
of the papilla is located
immediately beneath the
contact point
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COL SHAPE
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Formed by
• Lateral border and tip : Marginal gingiva
• Central interevening portion : Attached gingiva
Shape
• Pyramidal : anteriors
• Col shape : posteriors
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Methods of measuring width of attached gingiva
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• The increase with age of the width of attached gingiva J.
Ainamo A. Talari 1976
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Functions and clinical importance
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How much zone of keratinized gingiva is necessary to
maintain the health of periodontium?
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Gingival epithelium
Oral epithelium
Oral sulcular epithelium
Junctional epithelium
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FUNCTIONS OF GINGIVAL EPITHELIUM
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EPITHELIAL PROLIFERATION
• Takes place by mitosis in the basal layer and less frequently in
the suprabasal layers
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STRATUM BASALE (ST. GERMINATIVUM)
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STRATUM SPINOSUM
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STRATUM GRANULOSUM
CORNEOCYTES
Made of keratinized,larger and flatter
Most cells than granular
differentiated cells cell
epithelial
Formed bylack
Cells bundles
nucleiof keratin
and other organelles
tonofilaments embedded in
amorphous matrix of filagrin
Lack keratohylin granules &
surrounded by resistant envelop
made up of keratolinin &
Ultrastructurally comprises of
involucrin
densely packed tonofilaments in
matrix proteins
Inter Connected through
desmosomes
Layer is acidophic
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Keratinocyte
Low molecular wt-40kDa e.g. Glandular,
simple epithelium
Intermediate M.wt. e.g. Stratified
epithelium
High M.wt.-67kDa e.g. Keratinizing
stratified epithelium
Basal cell: LMW keratin, K19 & express other HMW
keratin as they migrate to the surface.
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MELANOCYTES
Dendritic cell
Suprabasal layer
Belongs to Mononuclear
phagocytic system
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Antigen presenting for lymphocytes
Lymphocytes:
• Seen in nucleated cell layer
• No desmosomes or tonofilament
• Associated with inflammatory response
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Basal lamina
30-60 nm
Glycoproteins &
laminin
30-50 nm
Type IV collagen 300-400 A°
thick.
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Oral or outer epithelium
0.2-0.3 mm
Covers crest and outer surface of marginal
gingiva and surface of attached gingiva
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SULCULAR EPITHELIUM
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JUNCTIONAL EPITHELIUM
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Gottlieb (1921) was the first to describe the junctional
epithelium. He termed it as epithelial attachment.
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Waerhaug’s concept (1960) Epithelial cuff
Based on insertion of thin blades between the surface of tooth and the
gingiva. Blades could be easily passed apically to the connective
tissue attachment at CEJ without resistance.
It was concluded that gingival tissue and tooth are closely adapted but
not organically united
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Schroeder and Listgarten concept (1971)
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ANATOMICAL FEATURES
Length: 0.25mm-1.35 mm
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Zones of JE
Apical zone: Germinative characteristics
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MICROSCOPIC FEATURES
• 15-30 cell layers coronally and 1-3 layers
at apical termination
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FUNCTIONS OF JE
JE is firmly attached to the tooth and thus forms an
epithelial barrier against the plaque bacteria.
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RENEWAL OF GINGIVAL EPITHELIUM
Junctional
Mitotic epithelium
rate is higher : 1 to 6
in nonkeratinized areas and is
days in gingivitis
increased
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GINGIVAL CONECTIVE TISSUE
Fibroblasts (5%)
Vessels
Nerves
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Connective tissue
(Lamina propria)
Papillary layer
Adjacent to epithelium and Reticular layer
consists of papillary Contiguous with
projections between the periosteum, collagen
epithelial rete pegs fibers arranged in thick
Collagen fibers are loosely bundles
arranged, thin & many
capillary loops are present
Extra-cellular
Cellular compartment compartment
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Ground substance
Fills space between fibres and cells, is amorphous
and has high content of water
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FIBRES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
Collagen:
1. Collagen fibres Primarily type I & III
2. Reticulin fibres in lamina propria
3. Oxytalan fibres Provide tensile strength
4. Elastic fibres to the gingival tissue
Type IV & VII in basal
lamina
Type V may be in
inflamed tissue
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GINGIVAL FIBERS
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Secondary group fibers
Periosteogingival From periosteum of Attach gingiva
the lateral aspect of to bone
alveolar process,
splay into attached
gingiva
Interpapillary Within interdental Provide
gingiva (gingival support for
papilla), orofacial interdental
course gingiva
MAST CELLS:
Contain granules that composed
of histamine & heparin
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REPAIR OF GINGIVAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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BLOOD SUPPLY
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NERVE SUPPLY
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LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE
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Clinical correlation
COLOUR OF GINGIVA
Coral pink(attached and marginal
gingiva)
ALVEOLAR MUCOSA-
1. vascular supply
2. Thickness
Red ,smooth ,shiny
of the and
epithelium
Stippled,
3. Degree of keratinization
Thinner, non keratinized,
4. Presence of pigment-containing
No rete pegs, more vascular, cells
loosely arranged connective
tissue
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CONTOUR
Scalloped outline on facial & lingual
surfaces
Varies and depends on;
1. Shape of teeth and their alignment
in arch
2. Location and size of area of
proximal contact
3. Dimensions of the facial and lingual
gingival embrasures
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• Teeth with relative flat surfaces : straight
line
• Teeth with pronounced M-D concavity of
labio version :Normal Contour is
accentuated
• Teeth in lingual version : Horizontal &
thickened contours
• In Inflamed conditions : Stillman’s
cleft& McCall’s Festoons.
• ANUG : Reverse contour
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CONSISTENCY
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SHAPE
Triangular and knife- edge in the anterior regions due to
point sized contacts of the teeth
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SIZE OF THE GINGIVA
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POSITION OF THE GINGIVA
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SURFACE TEXTURE OF GINGIVA
Absent in Infancy
Appears at about 5 yrs of age
Increases until adulthood
Frequently disappear in old age
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King in 1945, stipples were the result of attachment of the gum
to the alveolar bone by connective tissue fibers, which exerted
a localized tension to depress areas of the tissue
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Active Eruption- Movement of teeth in the direction of occlusal
plane
Clinical crown – Part of the tooth that has been denuded of its
gingiva and projects into the oral cavity
Stage 1: The teeth reach the line of occlusion. The junctional epithelium
and the base of the gingival sulcus are on the enamel.
Stage 2: The junctional epithelium proliferates so that part is on the
cementum and part is on the enamel. The base of the sulcus is still on the
enamel.
Stage 3: The entire junctional epithelium is on the cementum, and the
base of the sulcus is at the cementoenamel junction.
Stage 4: The junctional epithelium has proliferated farther on the
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cementum.
• When the teeth reach their functional antagonists, the
gingival sulcus and JE are still on the enamel, and the
clinical crown is approximately 2/3 of the anatomic
crown (Gottlieb and Orban in 1933).
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• Physiologic recession – According to the concept of
continuous eruption, gingival sulcus may be located on
crown, CEJ or root depending on age of the patient and stage
of eruption. Therefore, some root exposure with age is
normal
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• Term “Periodontal biotype” introduced by Seibert and
Lindhe categorized the gingiva into ‘‘thick-flat’’ and ‘‘thin
scalloped’’ biotypes
Thick Biotype Thin Biotye
1. Broad zone of the 1. Thin band of the keratinized
keratinized tissue tissue,
2. Flat gingival contour 2. Scalloped gingival contour
3. Thick bony architecture 3. Thin bony architecture
4. More resistant to 4. More sensitive to
inflammation and trauma inflammation and trauma
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• Predict the outcome of root coverage procedures and
restorative treatments
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Age changes of gingiva
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CONCLUSION
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REFERENCES
Carranza’s Clinical periodontology 13th edition
Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry , Jan
Lindhe, 5th edition
Ten Cate’s Oral Histology, 8th ed.
Schroeder, listgarten, The gingival tissues: the
architecture of periodontal protection, Periodontology
2000, Vol. 13, 1997, 91-120
Ainamo J & Tallari A: The increase with age of width
of attached gingiva, J Periodontal Res;11:82, 1976
Tissues and cells of the periodontium Periodontology
2000, Thomas M. Hassell,vol 3,9-38
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