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REFERS TO ALL SOFT TISSUES OF THE MOUTH
ORAL MUCOSA
3 AREAS of ORAL MUCOSA
Masticatory Mucosa
Lining Mucosa
Specialized Mucosa
gingiva, hard palate
A. Masticatory Mucosa
B. Lining Mucosa
C. Specialized Mucosa
A
alveolar mucosa, other mucous
membrane
A. Masticatory Mucosa
B. Lining Mucosa
C. Specialized Mucosa
B
dorsum of tongue
A. Masticatory Mucosa
B. Lining Mucosa
C. Specialized Mucosa
C
• Normal clinical features of Gingiva Color –
• Papillary contour –
• Marginal contour –
• Texture –
• Consistency –
• Normal clinical features of Gingiva Color – coral pink
• Papillary contour – pointed,filling the
interproximal spaces,
blunt for older persons
• Marginal contour – scalloped mesiodistal
view,slopping coronally
• Texture – has stipplings
• Consistency – firm, tightly bound to teeth and underlying bone
• found in attached gingiva only
• gives the “orange peel” appearance
Stipplings
• A form of reinforcement as its function
• usually disappears in disease and reappears in health
Stipplings
Caused by interdigitation of
the connective tissue papilla with epithelial ridges.
Stipplings
T/ F
Marginal gingiva
– unattached, with no stipplings
T