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Effect of Rough Surfaces Upon Gingival Tissue

Effect of Rough Surfaces Upon Gingival Tissue JENS WAERHAUG, PH.D., D.D.S. Division of School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., Periodontology, and the Norwegian Institute of Dental Research, Oslo, Norway EARLIER INVESTIGATIONS IT IS generally agreed that unpolished restorations situated below the gin- gival margin will cause a more severe irritation than well-polished ones. Experimental histologic investigations2 have shown that the epithelium under favorable conditions can join the surface of acrylic crowns in the same way as a normal epithelial cuff' (epithelial attachment) joins the tooth. Signs of irritation were found mainly next to the junction between the tooth and the crown, or in places where large remnants of cement had been left artificial with the soft tissue. From this the conclusion was drawn that zinc- in contact cement acts as an irritant upon the gingiva while a polished oxyphosphate acrylic surface does not. been generally accepted that subgingival calculus acts as an It also has gingival tissue on account of its roughness. Experimental irritant upon the have shown that pockets with subgingival cal- bacteriologic investigations while pockets without subgingival calculus culus always contain bacteria, usually are sterile. Even pockets around well-fitting artificial crowns can, under favorable conditions, be sterile. From this the conclusion was http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Dental Research SAGE

Effect of Rough Surfaces Upon Gingival Tissue

Waerhaug, Jens
Journal of Dental Research , Volume 35 (2): 3 – Apr 1, 1956
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0022-0345
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JENS WAERHAUG, PH.D., D.D.S. Division of School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., Periodontology, and the Norwegian Institute of Dental Research, Oslo, Norway EARLIER INVESTIGATIONS IT IS generally agreed that unpolished restorations situated below the gin- gival margin will cause a more severe irritation than well-polished ones. Experimental histologic investigations2 have shown that the epithelium under favorable conditions can join the surface of acrylic crowns in the same way as a normal epithelial cuff' (epithelial attachment) joins the tooth. Signs of irritation were found mainly next to the junction between the tooth and the crown, or in places where large remnants of cement had been left artificial with the soft tissue. From this the conclusion was drawn that zinc- in contact cement acts as an irritant upon the gingiva while a polished oxyphosphate acrylic surface does not. been generally accepted that subgingival calculus acts as an It also has gingival tissue on account of its roughness. Experimental irritant upon the have shown that pockets with subgingival cal- bacteriologic investigations while pockets without subgingival calculus culus always contain bacteria, usually are sterile. Even pockets around well-fitting artificial crowns can, under favorable conditions, be sterile. From this the conclusion was

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Published: Apr 1, 1956

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