The color of human gingiva and mucosa: Visual measurement and description of distribution

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 49-57

  Heydecke, Guido ^a,b   Schnitzer, Stefan ^c   Türp, Jens C ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Color; Gingiva; Measurement; Mucosa; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COFFEE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COLORIMETRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH MUCOSA; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SMOKING; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; COFFEE; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLORIMETRY; DIET, VEGETARIAN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FOOD HABITS; GINGIVA; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORAL HYGIENE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SMOKING;

EID: 31044433971     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-005-0006-3     Document Type: Article

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