What is the type of epithelium within the oral cavity in a normal condition?
100
Lamina Propria
What is the connective tissue beneath the gingival tissue which consists of papillary projections between the rete pegs?
100
Cementoblasts
What are the cells which form the cementum?
100
Host response
What is responsible for the body's reaction by bacteria, viruses, tumor growth, injury and other influences?
100
Histamine
What is released in a type I hypersensitivity reaction?
200
Junctional epithelium or JE
What is the point of connection of the soft tissue at the base of the sulcus?
200
Transseptal fibers
What are the fibers which span interdental spaces with ends inserted into cementum of teeth?
200
Anchors the teeth, maintains occlusal relationships and provides a seal for dentinal tubules
What is the role of cementum?
200
Scavenger cells with important phagocytic activity?
What are macrophages?
200
Cytotoxic reactions
What are Type II hypersensitivity responses?
300
Attached gingiva
What is the name of the tissue which extends from the mucogingival line and the junctional epithelium?
300
Circular fibers
What are the fibers which encircle the entire tooth coronal to alveolar crest?
300
Contains no cementocytes, and no fibers, but has densely packed bundles of Sharpey's fibers.
What is acellular cementum?
300
Mast cells
What are the cells which increase vascularity, permeability and advance the inflammatory response?
300
Antibodies
What are found in the blood, tissue fluids, and are highly specific sensitive proteins which play a role in the immune response in periodontal disease?
400
Mucogingival line
What is the transition from the loosely attached and movable oral mucosa to the attached gingiva?
400
Apical periodontal ligament fiber bundle
What are the fibers which run from the apex of the root into alveolar bone both apical and lateral to root apex?
400
50% hydroxyapitite
What is the percent of mineralization of cementum?
400
Polymorphonuclear leukocutes (PMNs) or Neutrophils
What are the most numerous circulating leukocytes?
400
Dehiscences
What is a resorbed area of bone over the facial surface of the root?
500
Sulcular or Gingival Crevicular Fluid
What is the flow which originates from the underlying connective tissue into the sulcus?
500
Sharpey's fibers
What are the attachment structures which attach the PDLs to cementum and to alveolar bone?
500
Alveolar bone lining tooth socket
What is lamina dura?
500
Cytokines
What are released by the lymphoid cells and phagocytes and when activated may result in collagen destruction and bone resorption?
500
Fenestrations
What is an opening or window in the bone covering the facial surface of a root or boneless window between two adjacent roots that almost touch?