| FEATURE |
HEALTH |
INFLAMMATION |
- COLOR
|
PINK,
PIGMENTED |
RED,BLUISH |
- CONTOUR
|
SCALLOPED:
KNIFE-EDGE |
ENLARGED,
BULBOUS MARGIN OR BLUNTED |
| CONSISTENCY |
FIRM AND
RESILIENT |
SOFT; SPONGY;
OR FIRM |
- SURFACE TEXTURE
|
MATT-LIKE;
STIPPLED |
SMOOTH AND
SHINY OR STIPPLED! |
- SIZE
|
FILLS THE
EMBRASURES |
ENLARGED OR
REDUCED! |
- BLEEDING
|
NO BLEEDING ON
GENTLE PROBING |
- BLEEDING ON GENTLE PROBING OR SPONTANEOUS
BLEEDING
|
- SULCUS DEPTH
|
SHALLOW |
MAY BE
INCREASED |
- POSITION
|
SLIGHT CORONAL
TO CEJ |
MAY BE MORE
CORONAL TO CEJ OR REDUCED! |
- CREVICULAR FLUID
|
USUALLY ABSENT |
PRESENT |
- SUPPURATION
|
ABSENT |
MAY BE PRESENT |