[Histological study of the voluntary traumatic inclusion of a foreign body in the gingival mucosa].
First histological features of traditional tattooing of gingival mucosae using smoke-black are reported. They show the complete tolerance of connective tissue. The microscopic examination occurs several weeks or months after the tattoo was done. Thus, one can notice that carbon particles localize particularly around blood vessels (small arteries), and that never arises inflammatory reaction of any type.
D002244:Carbon; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D013653:Tattooing
D010860:Pigments, Biological; D002244:Carbon
Etude histologique de l'inclusion traumatique volontaire d'un corps étranger dans la muqueuse gingivale