Gingival Crevicular Fluid

Synonyms

Crevicular Fluid, Gingival

Crevicular Fluids, Gingival

Exudate, Gingival

Exudates, Gingival

Fluid, Gingival Crevicular

Fluids, Gingival Crevicular

Gingival Crevicular Fluids

Gingival Exudate

Gingival Exudates

A fluid occurring in minute amounts in the gingival crevice, believed by some authorities to be an inflammatory exudate and by others to cleanse material from the crevice, containing sticky plasma proteins which improve adhesions of the epithelial attachment, have antimicrobial properties, and exert antibody activity. (From Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)