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Does a temperature gradient exist across the mucogingival junction?
Author(s) -
BRILL N.,
MAEDA T.,
STOLTZE K.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1978.tb00394.x
Subject(s) - significant difference , alveolar mucosa , thermocouple , oral health , colour difference , dentistry , materials science , medicine , orthodontics , mathematics , optics , physics , composite material , statistics
Summary On the assumption that the colour difference between attached gingiva and alveolar mucosa is accompanied by a temperature difference, twenty subjects with a high standard of oral health were studied. Five points on either side of the mucogingival junction were examined by means of a thermocouple probe. A mean difference amounting to about 2/3°C was found between the surface temperatures of the two structures.