Gingiva: Gingiva is the soft tissue covering that surrounds the teeth consisting of fibrous tissue which is continuous with the periodontial ligament and the mucosa covering the teeth.
Gingiva shows stiplling, which is its typical appearance and is known as stippled gingiva as seen in the above picture.
The gingiva is a type of Masticatory mucosa.
Gingiva is [...]
1) The best and cheapest dentistry is when the right thing is done extremely well the first time and it lasts for a long time.
2) (good one) Dentist: a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coin out of your pocket.
3) Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.
4) [...]
The muscles which are required for mastication are known as the muscles of mastication, These muscles help mainly in the movement of the mandible and not the maxilla as maxilla is an integral part of the skull and the mandible being the only movable bone in the skull.
There are many muscles which help in the [...]
In order to explain the way pain is transmitted to dentin many scientists proposed many theories of transmission of pain through the dentin to the pulp where the nerves are largely crowded.
The pain or the stinging sensation seen on the teeth is due to the dentin which makes up the bulk of the tooth, and [...]
Mineralization is a Process taking place in all the calcified structures in the body like the bone & enamel.
It is defined as the deposition of the mineral salts in and around the organic matrix to make it a calcified structure.
The mineralization process is based on 2 mechanisms:
Booster Mechanism
Seeding mechanism
And it is explained with the help [...]