Sentences with phrase «gingiva surrounding»

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A nerve block at this site (FIGURE 12) anesthetizes the infraorbital nerve and the rostral maxillary alveolar nerves, offering analgesia from to the fourth premolar to the incisors, including surrounding soft tissues such as gingiva and alveolar bone.

An evaluation is also performed on each tooth, and surrounding gingiva, for pathology including calculus levels, compromised teeth, gingival condition and periodontal pockets.

According to Jennifer Rawlinson, DVM, chief of the dentistry and oral surgery section at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, «The immune system becomes overly reactive to plaque and causes severe inflammation in the gingiva, initially around an affected tooth and then quickly progressing to the tissue in the surrounding area.