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GINGIVAL LINE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Mouth
DEF

Any linear mark visible on the surface of the gingiva, such as the discoloration resulting from the ingestion of lead (lead line).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Cavité buccale
DEF

Signe diagnostique d'intoxication chronique par divers métaux (plomb, mercure, argent, arsenic, antimoine, bismuth).

CONT

Exposition au mercure de la population amérindienne Wayana de Gutane. Enquête alimentaire. [...] La parotidite et le liséré gingival, qui sont classiquement décrits dans les hydrargyrismes anciens, sont en fait rarement observés.

CONT

Des lésions se produisent en cas d'absorption prolongée de moins de 1 mg/jour. Les symptômes de l'intoxication chronique sont des dépôts de plomb sur la gencive au niveau de la racine des dents («liséré de Burton»), des coliques et convulsions.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
  • The Mouth
DEF

A line determined by the level to which the gingiva extends on a tooth; although it tends to follow the curvature of the cervical line, the two rarely coincide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie
  • Cavité buccale

Spanish

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