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A histological and scanning electron microscopy study of the muco-gingival junction in the vervet monkey

1976; Wiley; Volume: 11; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1600-0765.1976.tb00070.x

1600-0765

L. Fleisch, P. E. Cleaton‐Jones, J. C. Austin,

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Specimens of clinically healthy oral epithelium from the vervet monkey ( Cercopithecus aethiops ) containing gingiva, alveolar mucosa and muco‐gingival junction were examined histologically and with the scanning electron microscope. The gingiva was covered by a stratified squamous keratinized epithelium and the alveolar mucosa by a non‐keratinized stratified squamous epithelium. A groove was present between the two epithelia in approximately half the specimens, the floor of which was lined by keratinized epithelium. Non‐keratinized epithelial cells were seen to interdigitate with keratinized cells at the base of the alveolar mucosa side of the groove.