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Reticular Mandibular Gingival Ridges
Author(s) -
Giunta John L.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1986.57.4.247
Subject(s) - reticular connective tissue , anatomy , medicine , etiology , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , pathology , biology , botany , genus
This paper reports five cases of a heretofore unreported condition of the gingiva named reticular mandibular gingival ridges. Occurring in middle‐aged males, macroscopically, they are bilateral ridges on the mandibular attached gingivae resembling rugae and having a reticular pattern that may be mistaken for lichen planus. Microscopically, they are formed of fibrous tissue with vessels that have a minimal perivascular infiltrate; the epithelium has extension of rete ridges. Of unknown etiology, the condition does not appear to change, is innocuous and does not require treatment.