In
dental anatomy, the sulcular epithelium is that
epithelium
Epithelium or epithelial tissue is a thin, continuous, protective layer of cells with little extracellular matrix. An example is the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin. Epithelial ( mesothelial) tissues line the outer surfaces of man ...
which lines the
gingival sulcus.
[Carranza's Clinical Periodontology, W.B. Saunders, 2002, page 23.] It is
apically bounded by the
junctional epithelium and meets the epithelium of the
oral cavity at the height of the
free gingival margin. The sulcular epithelium is
nonkeratinized.
References
Dental anatomy
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