Healthy Periodontium Flashcards
The oral cavity is lined by _____ ______
Oral Mucosa
- Oral mucosa is made up of what type of tissue
- What lies underneath the oral mucosa?
- Stratified Squamous Epithelium
- Connective Tissues
Oral Mucosa is divided into 3 categories..
- Masticatory Mucosa
- Specialized Mucosa
- Lining Mucosa
What two things comprise masticatory mucosa?
- Gingiva
- Palate
What is specialized oral mucosa?
The tongue
What are two examples of lining mucosa?
- Vestibule
- Floor of the mouth
This is the functional system of tissues surrounding teeth that attaches them to bone
Periodontium
Name the types of periodontium
Name the parts of the oral cavity
This is an area of union between the gingiva and alveolar mucosa
Mucogingival Junction
- Mucosa covering the alveolar process and continuing without demarcation into the vestibular area and the floor of the mouth.
- It is loosely attached to the _____
- Alveolar Mucosa
- Periostium
Defined as the fibrous tissue, covered by stratified squamous epithelium, that immediately surrounds a tooth and is contiguous with its periodontal ligament and with the mucosa of the mouth
Gingiva
What are functions of the gingiva? (2)
- Provides a tissue seal around the cervical portion of the tooth
- Holds tissue against tooth during mastication
The gingiva is composed of a thin outer layer of _____ and an underlying core of _____ _____
- Epithelium
- Connective tissue
Clinically, gingiva extends from the ______ to the _______
Gingival Margin to Mucogingival Junction
This is the part of the gingiva that surrounds the tooth but is not directly attached to the tooth surface. It becomes less firm with disease
Gingival Margin (free gingiva)
- Is the gingival margin stippled?
- Keratinized or non-keratinized?
- No
- Keratinized or parakeratinized
The gingival margin forms the soft tissue wall of the ______ ______
Gingival Sulcus
The name for where enamel ends and cementum starts
Cementoenamel Junction (CEJ)
The CEJ is a landmark for the determination of __________
Periodontal Disease
In healthy periodontal disease, should you be able to see the CEJ?
Nope! Visible CEJ means current or previous destructive periodontitis.
If the FGM (free gingival margin) is slightly coronal to the CEJ,this is normal.
- What does it indicate if the FGM is significantly coronal to the CEJ?
- If the FGM is apical to the CEJ?
- Edematious tissue
- Recession
This portion of the gingiva is firm, dense stippled and tightly bound to the underlying periosteum, tooth, and bone
Attached Gingiva
The attached gingiva extends from the _______ to the ________
- Gingival Groove
- Mucogingival Junction
- Attached gingiva is firmly bound to the underlying ________ ______ and _______ of the tooth
- Attached gingiva is STIPPLED/NON-STIPPLED
- It is KERATINIZED/NON-KERATINIZED
- Alveolar Bone and cementum
- Stippled
- Keratinized (or parakeratinized)
This appearance on attached gingiva is connective tissue fibers that attach the attached gingiva to cementum and the alveolar bone
Stipples
What are the functions of attached gingiva? (2)
- Allows gingival tissue to withstand mechanical forces created during chewing, speaking, and toothbrushing
- Prevents gingiva from being pulled away from tooth when tension is applied to alveolar mucosa
This is interdental extension of the gingiva and occupies the interproximal space
Interdental Gingiva (Interdental Papilla)
What is the function of interdental papilla?
To prevent food from being packed between teeth during mastication
- The interdental papilla includes part of the ______ and ______
- It occupies the _____ space
- Is it stippled?
- What is the shape?
- gingival margin and attached papilla
- Embrasure Space
- The central portion
- Pyrimidal, forms a col
There is both a ____ interdental papilla and a _____ interdental papilla
Facial and Lingual
This is a valley like depression that is directly apical to the contact of teeth in the interdental papilla, and it is absent if teeth are missing or if there is recession (no contact means t won’t exist)
COL
What is the main difference betwee buccal/palatal interdental papilla and the col?
Buccal and palatal interdental papilla are keratinized, col is nonkeratinized