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A clinical study of the width of the attached gingiva in the deciduous, transitional and permanent dentitions
Author(s) -
Tenenbaum Henri,
Tenenbaum Monique
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of clinical periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.456
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1600-051X
pISSN - 0303-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1986.tb02221.x
Subject(s) - molar , dentistry , maxilla , premolar , gingival sulcus , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , mandibular second molar , medicine , orthodontics , mandibular first molar , dentition , maxillary central incisor , biology , botany , genus
Abstract. This study involved 331 individuals who were without clinical evidence of gingival inflammation. The width of the keratinized gingiva and the depth of the gingival sulcus were measured on the mid‐facial aspect of all teeth in each patient, using a calibrated, flat periodontal probe. The mean width of the attached gingiva did not show an increase from the deciduous to the permanent dentition. However, the width of the attached gingiva in the case of newly erupted permanent teeth was narrower than in the corresponding primary teeth. The widest zone of attached gingiva was found over the central and lateral incisors. The width of the attached gingiva decreased over the canine and the first premolar (and first primary molar). It then increased over the second pre‐molar (and second primary molar) and the first molar. These variations were approximately the same in both the maxilla and the mandible, although there was a greater over‐all width of attached gingiva in the maxilla than in the mandible. The tendancy, in the permanent dentition, for the attached gingiva to increase in width with age was related to a concomitant decrease in sulcus depth.