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Abstract
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)
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- Gingival Exudate
- Crevicular Fluid, Gingival
- Crevicular Fluids, Gingival
- Exudate, Gingival
- Exudates, Gingival
- Fluid, Gingival Crevicular
- Fluids, Gingival Crevicular
- Gingival Crevicular Fluids
- Gingival Exudates
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, radiation effects, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
note X ref; crevicular refers to the gingival crevice
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History Note
91(72); was GINGIVAL EXUDATE see under GINGIVITIS 1972-90 (Prov 1972-74); was in Cat A & C 1972-83, was in Cat C 1984-95
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- Gingiva (1966-1972)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Gingival Crevicular Fluid. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005883. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005883
- Gingival Crevicular Fluid. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70230368