Gingival Crevicular Fluid
"Gingival Crevicular Fluid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D005883
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A12.383.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Gingival Crevicular Fluid- Gingival Crevicular Fluid
- Crevicular Fluid, Gingival
- Crevicular Fluids, Gingival
- Fluid, Gingival Crevicular
- Fluids, Gingival Crevicular
- Gingival Crevicular Fluids
- Gingival Exudate
- Exudate, Gingival
- Exudates, Gingival
- Gingival Exudates
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gingival Crevicular Fluid" by people in Profiles.
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Prostaglandin E2 levels in gingival crevicular fluid during tooth- and bone-borne expansion. Eur J Orthod. 2010 Jun; 32(3):336-41.
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Inorganic chemistry of defensive peroxidases in the human oral cavity. J Dent Res. 2008 Oct; 87(10):900-14.