1. Clinical morphology of the periodontium Flashcards

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Components of periodontium

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  • Gingiva
  • Periodontal ligament
  • Cementum
  • Alveolar bone(Alveolar bone proper/bundle bone and alveolar process
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Function of periodontium

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  • Attach teeth to bone
  • Maintain integrity of mucosa in oral cavity
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Types of mucosa

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  • Masticatory mucosa
  • Specialised mucosa
  • Lining mucosa
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Masticatory mucosa covers

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Gingiva and hard palate

Is keratinised

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Specialised mucosa covers

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Dorsum of tongue

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Lining mucosa covers

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  • Soft palate
  • Inside of lips
  • Floor of mouth
  • Vestibulum
  • Ventral surface of tongue
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Gingiva macroscopic anatomy

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  • Covers alveolar process and surrounds tooth cervices
  • Consists of lamina propria-epithelial layer and underlying connective tissue
  • Free or attached
  • Keratinised-orange peel texture
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Microscopic anatomy of gingiva-types of epithelium

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  • Oral epithelium
  • Oral sulcular epithelium
  • Junctional epithelium
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Epithelium that faces the oral cavity

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Oral epithelium

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Epithelium that faces the tooth without being in contact

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Oral sulcular epithelium

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The epithelium that is in contact with the tooth

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Junctional epithelium

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Connective tissue portions that project into epithelium

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Connective tissue papilla

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Oral epithelium characteristics

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  • Keratinised
  • Stratified
  • Squamous epithelium
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Oral epithelium cell layers

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  1. Stratum basale(cuboidal cells)
  2. Stratum spinosum(thickest layer)
  3. Stratum granulosum
  4. Stratum corneum(keratinised)
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Cells found in epithelium

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  • Keratinocytes
  • Melanocytes
  • Immune cells
  • Inflammatory cells
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16
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Connective tissue fibres are produced by

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Fibroblasts

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Types of connective tissue fibres

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  • Collagen fibres
  • Reticulin fibres
  • Oxytalan fibres
  • Elastic fibres
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Collagen fibres are arranged according to

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Insertion and course

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Types of collagen fibres

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  • Circular fibres
  • Dento-gingival fibres
  • Dento-periosteal fibres
  • Transeptal fibres
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Circular fibres(CF) characteristics

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  • In free gingiva
  • Encircle tooth like ring
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Dento-gingival fibres (DGF) characteristics

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  • Embedded in cementum of supra-alveolar portion of root
  • Project from cementum in fan like configuration into free gingival tissue
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Dento-periosteal fibres (DPF) Characteristics

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  • Embedded in same portion of cementum as dento-gingival fibres
  • Fibres run more apically over vestibular and lingual bone crest
  • Terminate in tissue of attached gingiva
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Free gingival groove charactertics

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  • Border between free and attached gingiva
  • Epithelium lacks support by underlying collagen fibre bundles
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Transeptal fibres characteristics

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  • Extend between supra-alveolar cementum of adjacent teeth
  • Run across interdental septum
  • Embedded in cementum of adjacent teeth
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Periodontal ligament characteristics

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  • Richly vascular and cellular connective tissue
  • Surrounds roots of teeth
  • Joins cementum w/ alveolar bone(bundle bone)
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Periodontal ligament fibres

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*Alveolar crest fibers(ACF)
* Horizontal fibres(HF)
* Oblique fibres(OF)
* Apical fibres(AF)

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Cementum characteristics

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  • Specialised mineral tissue
  • Covers root surface and small portions of crown
  • Contains collagen fibres and organic matrix
  • 65% mineral-hydroxyapetite
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Types of cementum

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  • Acellular-extrinsic fibre cementum
  • Cellular mixed stratified cementum
  • Cellular intrinsic fibre cementum
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Acellular extrinsic fibre cementum characteristics

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  • In coronal and middle part of root
  • Main sharpeys fibres
  • Connects tooth w/ bundle bone
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Cellular mixed stratified cementum characteristics

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  • In apical third of root and furcations
  • Contains extrinsic, intrinsic fibres and cementocytes
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Cellular intrinsic fibre cementum

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  • In resorption lacunae
  • Intrinsic fibres and cementocytes
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Alveolar bone characteristics

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  • Supports the teeth
  • Formed from dental lamina
  • Distributes and absorbs masticatory forces
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Alveolar process anatomy

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  • External plate of cortical bone
  • Inner socket wall of thin compact bone=alveolar bone proper/bundle bone
  • Cancellous trabecular bone between the two layers
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Bone coverage misssing a coronal portion of roots

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Dihescence

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Bone present coronally and apically of a defect

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Fenestration

35
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Socket wall is formed by

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Bundle bone