title: [The epithelium of the periodontal pocket--an electron microscopy analysis].
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine intra- and intercellular changes that characterize the periodontal pocket epithelian. Biopsy specimens of human gingiva were prepared for an electron microscope study by a routine histological procedure. Results of the histological preparations analyses revealed changes significant for pathogenesis of gingivitis and periodontal disease because they cause destruction of epithelial barrier. Such a damaged periodontal pocket epithelium enables further invasion of harmful noxae and spreading of destructive processes into deeper parts of the periodontium.
authors.affiliation: Institut za histologiju, Stomatoloski fakultet, Beograd.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Danilović
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Janković
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lacković
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D005881:Gingiva / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010514:Periodontal Pocket / Q000473:pathology*