gingival dehiscence
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gingival dehiscence
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Hello Dr Young, here is a Picture of a gingival dehiscence in tooth 26, Hope it will help you with your seminars - Caracas Venezuela
Dr. Burguera, Here is a copy of the slide that I’ll use in the presentation. I live near Memphis, TN and as Elvis Presley would say: “Thank you, thank you very much!” - Charles
Not meaning to nitpick, but some of the reason you may not be getting many pictures is the use of the term "gingival dehiscence". I don't think this is correct. I think the term dehiscence refers to the bone rather than the gingiva, as in this definition of root dehiscence: "A loss of the buccal or lingual bone overlaying the root portion of a tooth, leaving that area covered by soft tissue only." If you are referring to something similar to the image supplied to you by Eliana, I think that this is more accurately described as localized recession or a gingival cleft rather than dehiscence. Dorland's Medical dictionary defines a gingival cleft as "an area of isolated gingival recession occurring over a dehiscence of the bone covering the root". I enclose a couple of example images I found on the web. - Rob K
I am with you Rob, this is the way those terms are used in Israel. Dehiscence and Fenestration refer to bone.
- Thomas
Rob, I’m glad that you do nitpick and I stand corrected. It behooves us all to be as accurate as possible in our terminology. In every day conversation with patients, I find myself speaking more in layman’s terms and it can become too much a part of me. Regards, - Charles (Thank you the pictures-----I’ll correct my slide)
