Gingiva

Question 1

What is the simple term for gingiva

Answer 1

Gums

Question 2

The tissue that covers the cervical portions of the teeth and the alveolar processes of the jaws

Answer 2

Gingiva

Question 3

What is the appearance of healthy gingiva

Answer 3

Pink or coral pink in color
Resilient and firm
Surface texture is stippled
Margins are thin in profile and knife edged

Question 4

Gingival tissue that tightly adheres to the alveolar process surrounding the roots of the teeth

Answer 4

Attached gingiva

Question 5

Line of demarcation between the attached gingiva and alveolar mucosa

Answer 5

Mucogingival junction

Question 6

Portion lining the lower part of the alveolus that is loosely attached to the periosteum via a diffuse submucosa

Answer 6

Alveolar mucosa

Question 7

Unattached portion of the gingiva that surrounds the tooth in the region of the cement o-enamel junction (CEJ)

Answer 7

Marginal gingiva or free gingiva

Question 8

Separates the marginal gingiva from the attached gingiva

Answer 8

Free gingival groove

Question 9

Corona, part of the marginal gingiva

Answer 9

Free gingival crest

Question 10

Portion of the gingiva that fills the area between two adjacent teeth Ali Al to the contact area

Answer 10

Interdental papilla

Question 11

Is the space between the free gingiva and the tooth surface

Answer 11

Gingival sulcus