Focal Facial Inflammation of the Attached Gingiva |
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| Authors: | Paul N. Baer Howell O. Archard Jules Klingsberg |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Professor and Chairman, Department of Penodontics.;2. Associate Professor, Department of Oral Biology and Pathology.;3. Clinical Associate Professor. Department of Periodontics. II R. Dunn to PNB, personal communication. |
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| Abstract: | An unusual gingivitis noted as a discrete lesion involving the facial attached gingiva in a focal and confined area has been described in two adolescent females. A unique histopathologic appearance includes a striking intraepithelial edema associated with a focal area of acute and chronic inflammation. Inconclusive immunologic study of one patient indicated an epithelial-connective tissue immune complex deposition suggestive of but not typical of that seen in pemphigoid. |
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