TOPIC:GINGIVA

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GINGIVA

🔸It is the part of mucosa that covers the alveolar processes of jaws and surrounds the necks of the teeth.

🔸A modern definition states that it is the fibrous investing tissue covered by keratinized epithelium that immediately surrounds a tooth and is contiguous with its periodontal ligament and the mucosal tissue of the mouth.