mucogingival junction
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Related to mucogingival junction: junctional epithelium, interdental papilla
mucogingival junction
A scalloped, indistinct boundary between the gingiva and the oral mucosa on the alveolar process. The coral color of gingiva may be contrasted with the more vascular oral mucosa. Also called the mucogingival line.
See also: junction
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mu·co·gin·gi·val junc·tion
(myūkō-jinji-văl jungkshŭn)Area visible in the oral cavity where the tissues forming gingiva and oral mucosa join. There is a distinct contrast in color of the two tissues; gingiva more coral pink; compared with the redder shiny alveolar mucosa.
Synonym(s): mucogingival line.
Synonym(s): mucogingival line.
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