Category: G
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Gingival graft (syn)
Free soft tissue autograft. Surgical procedure performed to establish an adequate amount of keratinized tissue around a tooth or dental implant, or to increase the quantity of tissue of an edentulous ridge. A sliding graft employing the gingival papilla as the graft material.
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Gingival flap
A flap that does not extend apical to the mucogingival junction.
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Gingival exudate
A cellular fluid that filters into the oral cavity via the gingival crevice.
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Gingival enlargement
Increase in size of the gingiva. Gingival enlargement may result from systemic drug use. Drugs commonly associated with this condition include calcium channel blockers, cyclosporine, the anticonvulsant phenytoin, and dilantin. Called also gingival overgrowth.
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Gingival fluid
Tissue fluid that seeps through the crevicular and junctional epithelium. It is increased in the presence of inflammation.
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Gingival fiberotomy
A circumferential crevicular incision through all gingival and periodontal fibers coronal to the crest of the alveolar bone.
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Gingival embrasure
Area of the gingiva, usually having a V shape in the maxilla and an inverted V shape in the mandible, that fills the space between adjacent teeth that lies cervical to the interproximal contact area.
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Gingival displacement
The movement or retraction of the marginal gingiva, the gingiva located at the buccal, labial, lingual, and palatal areas of the teeth, away from a tooth.
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Gingival diseases of viral origin
Acute manifestations of viral infections of the oral mucosa, characterized by redness and multiple vesicles that easily rupture to form painful ulcers affecting the gingiva. They may be accompanied by fever, malaise, and regional lymphadenopathy.
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Gingival diseases of specific bacterial origin
Conditions induced by specific local or systemic bacterial pathogens.