Gingival fluid is fluid containing plasma proteins. When there is gingival inflammation more gingival fluid is produced. Gingival fluid is sometimes also called crevicular fluid.

Corium has various meanings. It can refer to a skin layer, a leathery part of an insect, a kind of moth or a substance that comes after a nuclear meltdown.

Corium has various meanings. It can refer to a skin layer, a leathery part of an insect, a kind of moth or a substance that comes after a nuclear meltdown.

The Gingival Bone Count index was given by Dunning J M and Leach L B.

This index records the gingival condition and the level of the crest of the alveolar

bone.

It is an ordinal since gingival index uses 0-3 scale