Gingival fluid: beneficial or detrimental to dental health?
1972
R S Redman
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009909
Oral Health
The optimal state of the mouth and normal functioning of the organs of the mouth without evidence of disease.
Health, Oral
D005883
Gingival Crevicular Fluid
A fluid occurring in minute amounts in the gingival crevice, believed by some authorities to be an inflammatory exudate and by others to cleanse material from the crevice, containing sticky plasma proteins which improve adhesions of the epithelial attachment, have antimicrobial properties, and exert antibody activity. (From Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)