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Junctional epithelium

The junctional epithelium, or epithelial attachment, joins the gingival tissues to the tooth using hemidesmosomes. Its presence is critical to the health of the three underlying periodontal tissues it protects. Consider this tissue to be the gatekeeper. Once it is breached by advancing disease it marks the change from gingivitis - which is reversible - to periodontitis, which is not.

 

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